Besides conducting regular education programmes for young men and women seeking a professional career in the Fashion and Garment industry, NIFT also undertakes Design Development and Professional Consultancy Projects sponsored by the Public and Private sectors. Involvement of final-year students as team-members of relevant projects provides them an invaluable opportunity of working on real-life situations, as also in some cases bring them in contact with the prospective employers and helps their placement. Documentation of each Project becomes a major resource of academic programmes as well as guidelines for such projects in future.

NIFT being a national institution has undertaken major initiatives in Cluster Development of Handicraft & Handloom sectors in rural areas towards design development, technological upgradation and skill development in order to assist the craftsmen in economic sustainability.

NIFT initiated cluster projects

1. SGSY Cluster Development Project, Surendranagar
2. Design Studio Project for craftspersons, Malpur                        
3. Cluster Dev., Jewellery industry, Ahmedabad                           
4. Cluster Dev., Jewellery industry, Rajkot

Design Development and skill upgradation projects

1. Jute Product cluster, Songadh, Dist: Bhavnagar
2. Design Development & Training: Mashroo Craft, Patan
3. Design Development Training (Khadi Cluster)
4. i) Mahua ii) Javaraj iii) Kothariya Iv) Patadi v) Katuda
5. Design Development Training
   i) Leather Rexin ii) Coir article
6. Design Development Training: Embroidery cluster

Intitutional wear/Uniform Design

1. Tribal student of Eklavya Model School
2. Anganwadi worker’s Sari (ICDS)
3. Design of Badges, Locket & Mala for Anganwadi workers (ICDS)
4. Indian Railway Catering & Tourisum Corp. staff
5. Field Staff of Gir National Park

Tribal Project

1. Madhya Pradesh  Cluster Projects
2. Training for Tribal women: Tribal Dev. Department, Govt. of Gujarat
3. Setting up Vocational Training Institute (VTI) for Tribal youth

 Capital Infrastructure grants for Projects

1. Apparel Training Centre at NIFT         
2. RDTC: Micro-fabric garments: ASIDE

Others

1. Factory setup consultancy (J.R.Fashion Pvt. Ltd., Surat)
2. Furnishing of Cerimonial Lounge-AAI,s
3. International Airport at Ahmedabad
4. Design development of website for federation “SUVAS” under SGSY project
5. Organizing the Traditional Pavilion at IIJS’09, Mumbai

Contact

Project Office: 079-23265061-5