To introduce degree courses
Revealing that the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has extended its affiliation to Punjab’s Northern Indian Institute of Fashion Technology (NIIFT), Punjab Industry Minister Manoranjan Kaliasaid that in the upcoming academic session degree courses would be introduced in the three NIIFTs.
The state government had taken up the issue of upgrade of three NIIFTs including in Jalandhar, Mohali and Ludhiana with the Union textile ministry and accordingly the later had extended its approval for the affiliation of NIFT, Kalia told reporters.
Initially the diploma course were introduced in NIIFTs but with the affiliation of NIFT, now degree courses would be introduced in the Institutes, Kalia said terming it a “major development” as Ludhiana has already developed as major textile hub and graduates of NIIFT would have a bright future in the state itself. of being big textile hub. He revealed that very soon a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) would be signed with NIFT for the up-gradation of NIIFT.