Top Fashion Institutes in India

India is traditionally better known for its textile exports and manufacturing capabilities than the verve and sophistication of its designers. There are ample of Fashion Institutes in India. Fashion Technology has emerged as a viable career option for a large number youngsters in the recent years and the competition to get a seat in the best fashion design institutes in India is very high. India has emerged in recent years as a contender on the global fashion scene. The top designers are: Sabyasachi, Rohit Bal, Abu Jani, Sandeep Khosla and Manish Malhotra have transformed the industry, which today hosts four fashion weeks a year between Delhi and Mumbai, while retail and luxury sales are booming, driven by a fashion-conscious middle class.

2008 ‘Mint’ Rankings of Indian Fashion Technology Institutes:
Rank 1: NIFT, New Delhi
Rank 2: NID, Ahmedabad
Rank 3: NIFT, Mumbai
Rank 4: NIFT, Gandhinagar
Rank 5: Pearl Academy of Fashion, New Delhi
Rank 6: NIFT, Chennai
Rank 7: NIFT, Hyderabad
Rank 8: NIFT, Kolkata
Rank 9: NIFT, Bangalore
Rank 10: Northern Indian Institute of Fashion Technology
Rank 11: SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai
Rank 12: Apeejay Institute of Design, New Delhi
Rank 13: Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore
Rank 14: Wigan & Leigh College India, New Delhi
Rank 15: Sophia SBKS Polytechnic, Mumbai