NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, SHILLONG

The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Shillong is one of the 19 campuses under the NIFT network, an autonomous institute established in 1986 under India's Ministry of Textiles, offering courses in fashion, technology, and management. NIFT was declared a statutory institute in 2006 under the NIFT Act, empowering it to grant its own degrees. The Shillong campus was set up in 2008 as part of NIFT's expansion across the country, which also included campuses in Bhopal, Patna, Raebareli, Kannur, and others around the same period. Like other NIFT campuses, it offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes in design, management, and technology, including Bachelor's degrees in Design and Fashion Technology, Master's degrees in Design, Fashion Technology, and Fashion Management, as well as PhD programmes. The institute provides various labs and facilities such as computer labs, sewing machine labs, photography labs, pattern making and draping labs, weaving labs, dyeing and printing labs, and student facilities including a library, hostel, canteen, health care, and sports center.