Fashion institute set up to revive silk sector of Sualkuchi
March 26th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANISualkuchi (Guwahati), Mar 26 (ANI): A fashion design institute has been set up in Sualkuchi region to train students in the modern techniques of silk designing and weaving.
The Sualkuchi Institute of Fashion Technology (SIFT) has been set up with the aim of reviving the silk industry at Sualkuchi and create more job opportunities by creating a skilled labor force in the field of fashion. The institute has been set up under the aegis of North East Council and National Institute of Fashion Kolkata.
It offers the state of the art technology and trains its students in different aspects of fashion like design, exploration and development of a design bank specific to the Sualkuchi region through conduct of computer-aided designing programmes, training and introduction of contemporary designs, colours, schemes and other aspects. “We are working to generate more entrepreneurs for the future. We are trying to collaborate with different institutions so that students can get financial assistance to set up their own units after they complete their training here,” said Partha Sarathi Borbora, Principal, SIFT. The institute would provide a common platform for fashion and design education, research and training. The institute has also tied up with Northeast Development Finance Corporation Limited that has set up a haat for the students to showcase their designs and products.
The institute also offers a 50 day entrepreneurship development programme on fashion and textile designing under the integrated training programme on fashion and textile designing. “We know about designing but how to apply a design and how to go about marketing, we are learning all this at the SIFT,” Rumi Sing, student
“It’s really important here to learn, because most of the times North East students go outside so instead of going outside they can do this fashion design here,” added Sharikha Chaudhary, another student.With the establishment of SIFT, there is hope among the weavers of the region that they can now create a place for their products in different markets. (ANI)
- Indian lessons for Kenyan bead weavers (With Image) - Jan 08, 2012
- AIIMS urged not to use animals for medical training - Jan 17, 2012
- Crossover: Fashion feeds abstract art (With Image) - Mar 19, 2012
- Indian designers need to tap own tradition: Australia Fashion Week founder (Interview) - Mar 25, 2012
- Italian knowhow for aspiring designers in India - Jun 05, 2011
- Four new NIDs to come up (With Images) - Dec 12, 2011
- Fashion, grooming training for wives of Punjab cops - Jun 16, 2011
- NIFT to collaborate with US fashion technology institute - Oct 18, 2011
- From cyber crime to climate change: India trains African officials - May 10, 2011
- Village handicrafts go on show at Dilli Haat - Dec 03, 2011
- Getting craftspeople connected to mainstream fashion - Jul 11, 2011
- Policy to promote textiles in northeast suggested - May 21, 2012
- Cyber crime to climate change: India trains African officials (Lead) - May 10, 2011
- Women artisans forge new links between South Asian nations - Jan 06, 2011
- Needed institutes to train cutters and tailors - Dec 09, 2011
Tags: aegis, contemporary designs, corporation limited, design education, design exploration, development finance corporation, east students, education research, entrepreneurship development, fashion design, fashion institute, fashion technology, financial assistance, haat, integrated training, silk industry, silk sector, skilled labor force, state of the art technology, training programme