NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, KANGRA

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Kangra is a campus of NIFT, an autonomous institute that offers courses in fashion, technology, and management, with its head office located in New Delhi, India. NIFT was established in 1986 under the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, and was declared a statutory institute in 2006 under the NIFT Act of the Indian Parliament, which empowered it to grant its own degrees. NIFT currently operates 19 campuses across the country, and the Kangra campus was set up in 2009 as part of this network. The institute provides labs and facilities such as computer labs, sewing machine labs, photography labs, pattern making and draping labs, weaving labs, dyeing and printing labs, technology labs, garment technology labs, leather design labs, and accessory design labs, along with student facilities like a library, hostel, canteen, health care, counselling, and sports centers. NIFT offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes in design, management, and technology, including Bachelor in Design, Bachelor in Fashion Technology, Master's in Design, Master's in Fashion Technology, Masters in Fashion Management, and PhD programmes.