Students at NIFT Shillong have been provided with a thorough understanding and initial exposure to the market challenges, developments, techniques, technology and practice from all over the world. During the course programme at NIFT Shillong, the students naturally get an unique training experience that equips them with their undefined potential, develops creative skills and stimulates that much-needed growth. Their hidden potential is enhanced by faculties committed to drawing them from academia to industry.
As being fully aware of the fact that the fashion industry wants professionals having multi-skill sets, NIFT Shillong are training the students accordingly. NIFT Shillong students are employed and placed with three recruitment routes from the NIFT Shillong, which are facilitated by the institute:
On-Campus Placements Companies are invited here at NIFT Shillong for campus placements. It is organised for all the eligible final-year students of NIFT campuses. Upon being given a confirmed time and date, the companies participate in the campus placement procedure.
Pre-Placement Offers (PPO) Companies have the option to extend preplacement offers (PPOs) to students prior to on-campus recruitment, effectively granting them a job offer. Such offers are typically based on the student’s performance during internships, training sessions, or projects completed at the company. To ensure equal opportunities for all students, companies should notify NIFT of any PPOs by submitting the necessary information in the CMS, using the link given to the industry mentor by NIFT. The decision to grant a PPO is thoroughly discussed with the students involved. To provide fair opportunity, such students who receive PPO are not allowed to participate in the on-campus placements.
Off-Campus Placements: Upon completion of on-campus placements, the institute continues to provide opportunities in design and fashion for its graduates and postgraduate passed-out students through off-campus placement drives, where companies that have not participated in campus placements raise workforce requirements through the alumni community units. Placement opportunities in NIFT Shillong are on an upward scale with greater foreign opportunities in design and textile industries and also a greater number of PPOs and higher salary packages. The whole structure of NIFT Shillong is based on a newly designed curriculum, which has been implemented in new areas, including adaptive technologies and higher industry expectations.
The Average annual salary offered during campus placements of NIFT Shillong, 2016 for the students from Master's program was Rs. 5.70 lakhs per annum and for the Bachelor's Programme ,average annual salary was Rs. 4.30 lakhs per annum.
Placement Details | Statistics |
Average Package (UG Programs) | INR 4.3 LPA |
Average Package (PG Programs) | INR 5.7 LPA |
Top Recruiters | Raymond, Amazon, Snapdeal, H&M, Reliance, and Aditya Birla |
Popular Sectors for hiring | Textile industry, garment manufacturing, retail, fashion, e-commerce, textile, and design industries |