National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Bangalore was established in 1986.

under the aegis of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. It has emerged as the premier Institute of Design, Management and Technology, developing professionals for taking up leadership positions in fashion business in the emerging global scenario.

The Institute is a pioneer in envisioning and evolving fashion business education in the country through network of seven professionally managed centers at New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.

NIFT has set academic standards and excelled in thought leadership by providing a pool of creative genius and technically competent professionals. The institute provides a common platform for fashion education, research and training.

NIFT expresses its interest in a tight direct relationship between itself and other Institutions in order to carry on and develop together an academic collaboration, whose specific contents are commonly focused and decided step by step in mutual agreements.