NIIFT Mohali students of MSc in FMM & GMT present Final Degree Projects
Author(s): City Air NewsJubilant final year students of NIIFT, Mohali's Fashion Marketing Management(FMM) & Garment Manufacturing Technology(GMT) with their awards and project files after giving degree presentations in front of a jury....
Chandigarh, May 21, 2019: Students of M.Sc in Fashion Marketing & Management (FMM) as well as Garment manufacturing Technology (GMT) of Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology, Mohali presented their final Degree Projects in the campus.
The jury evaluating the Degree projects comprised of eminent personalities Sh. Anil Sharma,VP,HR,Nahar; Sh. Shashi Kanwal,Consultant to Groz Beckert Asia Pvt. Ltd. And Ms. Sumita Sikka,HOD,FD Dept.,SD College.
Master’s in Fashion Marketing and Management has been designed to fulfill the requirements of the Retail Sector and Garment Manufacturing Technology fulfills the need of garment manufacturing industry.
The students work in conjunction with the known names of the industry for a period of three months and find out areas of concern thereby giving suggestions, implementing and helping the units to resolve the problems being faced by the factory or management in order to compete in the market.
Three months of research work is scrutinized and monitored by the industry experts and faculty at NIIFT. Evaluation after every month results in giving refined work which provides practical solutions to industrial problems and also help in enhancing productivity.
Research work, is a part of the project, which provides a challenging platform to the students to extend and demonstrate the analytical skills necessary for decision making.
This year a total of 12 research projects from FMM department and 10 projects from GMT department were presented. The research of students in FMM department focused on different areas like Analysis of the consumer preferences with respect to kids brand in relation to color, Understanding the consumer preference towards premium women’s brand – a quantitative research at Rare Rabbit brand, impact of buying behavior of customers for smart and organic fabrics, while in GMT department students undertook research on areas as Inventory management analysis through forecasting techniques etc.
NIIFT is under the administrative control of the Department of Industries and Commerce, Punjab and is functioning under the dynamic leadership and able guidance of the Industries & Commerce Minister ,Government of Punjab, Sh. Sunder Sham Arora, Smt. Vini Mahajan, IAS, Addl. Chief Secretary to Govt. of Punjab,Dept. of Industries and Commerce & Chairperson,NIIFT and Sh. M S Brar,IAS, Director, Industries and Commerce,Punjab & Director General,NIIFT.
Students of GMT and FMM worked with the most reputed export and Retail houses like Shahi Exports,Kapsons, Vero Moda, Rare Rabbit,Active clothing,Gini & Jony to name a few.
Sh. K.S. Brar, Director, NIIFT said, “The presentations made by the students gave a deep analysis of the market conditions and manufacturing competitiveness and were of a very high order.”
S. Inderjit Singh, Registrar,NIIFT said , “The projects presented by the students are the need based industry projects. The M.Sc programs at NIIFT are the support systems for garment industry wherein the students under the direct supervision of industry and their faculty members are doing research projects.”