National Institute of Fashion Technology, Chennai

National Institute of Fashion Technology was set up at New Delhi in 1986 under the aegis of
Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. It has emerged as the premier Institute of Design,
Management and Technology, developing professionals for taking up leadership positions in
fashion business in the emerging global scenario.
The Institute is a pioneer in envisioning and evolving fashion business education in the country
through a network of its fifteen professionally managed centers at New Delhi, Bangalore,
Gandhinagar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Rae Bareli, Kannur, Patna, Bhopal ,
Kangra, Shillong, Bhubaneshwar and Jodhpur.
In recognition of the preeminent role played by the Institution, NIFT has been accorded statutory
status through the National Institute of Fashion Technology Act, 2006 passed in Parliament in
May 2006. The Act has come into effect from 1st April 2007. The President of India is the
„Visitor‟ of the Institute under the Act