Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs): What are the facilities at an IIT hostel?

Here are some facts about IITK.

In order to survive in this world, a person needs food, water, and shelter (As we all have heard).

Food

• Well, Every hall has its own mess and maintains a decent quality while keeping the cost as low as Rs 40 - Rs 50 and serves 3 times food per day (breakfast, lunch, dinner ). Some hall has a very good quality of food but not to all as it all depends on which hall of residence are you living. If you don’t like food then you can order something other (i.e Whichever in the list of extra) by giving a coupon of minimal price and there is also one juice and Ice cream vendor which are attached with the mess in each hall. They provide different types of ice creams and juice of various fruit.
• Every hall has its own canteen which opens till 2 am. Here one can get a variety of food (Veg+Non-veg) at minimal prices which are decided by hostel wardens. In spite of these we have so many other canteens too: like do canteen, cc canteen, canteen nearby CCD etc.
• We have also one MT (don’t know the full form) where one can get chai, pakora, samosa, nimki, etc which opens at 6:00 am and closed at 7:00 pm.
• One can get Domino's pizza, varieties of food or fast food or roll in OAT which remains open till 4:00 am.
• There is also a campus restaurant in IITK where you can get whatever you want and can do delivery orders too.
• And the last one is CCD which you know better than me because I didn’t go there.
• In spite of the mess, One can get juice in front of hall 3 which he boasts off to be best in quality and even pani puri , chat, dosa, corn bla bla bla….. is also available from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.
• The good thing is that one can get food 22 hrs between 4 to 6 am.

Water

• we are getting clean and safe drinking water (cold and normal water) and hot water is also available in mess.
• We have a well-established refrigerator on each floor.

Shelter

• Currently, we have 13 halls (includes 2 GH) on our campus in which two halls are under construction. Each hall has 10–12 blocks and each block has 3 wings (i.e 2 floors) in the old one but 6 floors in new one halls with 16 rooms on each floor. Each floor has toilets and bathrooms with showers and individual geysers with well-maintained waste management and regular cleaning.
• Every single room consists of a cot, table, bed table chair, shelf (wardrobe) on the wall, fan, tube light, big mirror, LAN port, telephone port, splitter.
• Two or three in one room for first years students and In some halls, one can single room in second or third year but in final year single rooms are given to all U.G students and P.G students.
• The washing Machine and Washerman facility is also available who come twice a week and charged as low as Rs 180 per month.

After this, I come to Entertainment

1. Internet: 24x7 hr internet facilities (wifi +lan) at our rooms with no usage limits. Yes, we have also got 3 supercomputers. Its speed ranges from 5 to 20 Mbps. Sometimes we get 300–350 Mbps (run at 6 am, with most campus residents asleep and hence very little network load). Yes, It’s right, I’m not joking :). To explore things you can use No Proxy, Psiphon,Tor browser …etc. In spite of these one can use the telephone to complain management (free of cost).
2. Sports facilities / Outdoor games: In each Hall, we have a basketball court, volleyball court, badminton court and a field where you can play football or cricket. All sports equipment is easily issued, just by giving an ID card to the sports secretary. In spite of these, we have grounds for cricket, football, hockey, four badminton court, six tennis court, three basketball, four volleyball court, two Squash court, two table court, PE ground at the Institute level which anyone can use.
3. Indoor games: Most of the halls have Table tennis, Poker chips, carrom board and some of them have foosball. We have also a Pool table at the institute level.
4. Reading room: Every hall has a small and good collection of books with daily newspapers (like The Hindu, Hindustan time, The time of India, Business related newspaper ..etc) and some popular magazines. We have one of India’s largest Libraries where you can find almost all Engineering books. One of the good things about the IITK library is that it opens 24x7 hr during exams.
5. Music room: In this room, we have a drum, guitar, synthesizer, harmonium, tabla, professional keyboards, etc.
6. Tv room: Every hall has a room in which a projector is set where you can see a cricket match, football match, movies, etc.

Some miscellaneous Hall facilities

1. Gym : We have a small gym in every hall (free of cost) and a well maintained big one in Old SAC which charges Rs 200 per month.
2. Stationary shop : It is there in every hall. You can easily find snacks like chips, biscuits, cold drinks, etc and basic things like soap, detergent, pen, notebook. Mostly, there is a photocopy machine too and a Barbershop is also there.
3. Multipurpose room: Every hall has a big common room where HEC (Hall Executive Committee) meetings held. It’s used for practice during hall level competition and also used for keeping luggage & trunk box during holidays.
4. Air compressors: Not all but in many halls air compressors are available for filling the air in the cycle in cycle tires.
5. Guard: Every hall has a park with seats in between halls where you enjoy the beauty of nature.
6. Parking area: The hostel has properly built cycle stands with shelters nearby all blocks.
7. Guest Room: To accommodate students’ relatives and guests.
8. Cc Room (computer center) : This room is mainly used by first-year students for checking emails and other activities.

• Hall Day: We have hall days once a year, in which anyone is allowed in our hostel. We become the hosts and serve them the best. Eve will include some magnificent performances by various students. Numerous talents will be showcased: Dance, comedy, Vocals, and many more, and DJs are installed too.
• Intra Hall Competition: The Students’ Gymkhana organizes General Championship to promote the holistic development of the students. The events in the general championship deal with all fields of importance for the development of students and in turn all the councils of the Students’ Gymkhana. The events in General Championship are:

1. Inferno: Inter-Pool Games and Sports Competition
2. Teknik: Inter-Pool Science and Technology Competition
3. Spectrum: Inter-Pool Films and Media Competition
4. Galaxy: Inter-Pool Cultural Competition
5. Mélange: Inter-Pool Entrepreneurial and Community Welfare Competition.

In spite of this, there are many inter hall competitions are also organized by Sports secretary like Bhatta league, counter strike league, etc.

Academic facilities

1. LHC: We have world-class lecture halls which include all the things that are related to study like: Blackboard, whiteboard, projectors, wifi ..etc 
2. Auditorium
3. Labs: All labs are well equipped & well established, probably the best in the country. These are divided into NCL (New Core Lab), Northern lab, Southern lab, Eastern lab, Western lab, ACES (Intelligent Information & Automation laboratory).
4. CC: We have 4 computer centers (2 Linux +2 windows) and many more departmental CC too.
5. Library: We have one of the best libraries in the Country which contains too many books
6. Outreach: Fully air-conditioned facility serves as an educational resource primarily used for lectures, guest speakers, seminars, workshops, conferences, academic panel discussions, pieces of training, alumni reunions, and other activities. This office space also has a Students’ Placement Office (SPO) that handles all aspects of placements at the institute right from contacting companies to managing logistics, arranging for tests, pre-placement talks, and conducting final interviews..
7. Counselling Service (CS): It strives to ensure the welfare of the students by providing them emotional, academic, and financial assistance. The Service consists of a team of professional counselors and a group of student volunteers and faculty advisors working in two primary arms: one concentrates on acclimatizing the freshmen to the environment, and the other deals with mental health issues of the students.
8. HC ( Health Center ): You get free treatment here and free medicines too. In case of emergency, we have an ambulance facility as well.

• College Fest: IIT Kanpur organizes various fest to promote the holistic development of students. Following are the events in the Fest :

1. Udghosh : Annual Games and Sports Games and Sports Competition
2. Antaragni : Annual Cultural festival
3. Techkriti : Annual international, technological and entrepreneurial festival

• Flexibility: On deciding about which courses you want to add or drop, branch change, Major, Minor, Double major, etc.

Campus facilities

1. Swimming pool: Anyone can join it by giving Rs 300 per month. It’s open between 5:30 A.M. and 9:30 A.M. in the mornings and between 4:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. in the evenings. Three lifeguards are always available on each slot with proper life-saving equipment at the pool.
2. Visitor’s hostel: Visitors’ Hostel provides boarding and lodging facilities for the Institute’s guests, newly appointed faculty and staff members, delegates, and participants attending various conferences, seminars, symposia, and workshops.
3. Complaint Management: We have a special website for complaining: whatever be the problems in your room, you can fix it any time and really it’s service is amazing or you can do a call too.
4. Banks: We have three banks on our campus: SBI, ICICI, UBI.
5. ATMs: Our campus has lots of ATMs of different Branches. You can find it nearby all halls and the Shopping center.
6. Shopping center: We have two shopping centers in our campus: New Shop C and Old shop C Which include a Stationery shop, Barbershop, Copy point, Mobile Store, Dry cleaner shop, Book store, Garments’shop, Sweets & Bakery shop, Restaurant, etc.
7. Cycle repair shop: We have many Cycle repair shops as well. You can find it nearby all halls.
8. Post-office: Ya, we have one Post-office too in our campus.
9. Ticket booking center: We have one ticket booking center too but for this, you have to go IIT gate.
10. BUS facilities: There is a bus facility from the campus to Kanpur every day. The buses shuttle between the campus and Kanpur regularly every day.
11. Petrol Pump: yes, we have one petrol pump on our campus.
12. Schools: We have two schools on our campus: Kendriya Vidyalaya, Campus school.
13. New SAC: We have a student activity center (SAC)
• It has a squash court, TT court, Badminton court, and pool, yoga & aerobics hall.
• It has room of Senate, President, General Secretary Cultural Council, General Secretary Science and Technology Council, General Secretary Games and Sports Council and the General Secretary Films and Media Council which are elected by the representative body of IITK.
• It also has an Open Air Theatre (OAT) with a seating capacity of over 1400 people. It is used in almost every inter-hall competition like Galaxy, Takneek, etc, and also for many events and shows in the institute. It also has a projector and a great sound system. FMC of IIT Kanpur arranges the screening of various movies and major sports events at regular intervals.
• There is also a food court where the people of IIT Kanpur have food available 12 hours a day. The stalls in the food court include Domino’s, Kathi Roll, Crown Burgers, Wazwan, etc.

Clubs & Communities

We have too many clubs which pursue our passion or acquire a new skill. I can’t list all but I will give a glimpse of some of them.

1. Gliding club: Everyone wants to reach the sky. The gliders club is a temporary solution for those who dream of flying. The club organizes joy rides for the students and also the campus residents. Besides this, they also have arrangements for flying photography.
2. Robotics Club: Robotics club at IIT Kanpur is an undergraduate organization that provides students with the resources to develop robots. The Club offers indispensable guidance, workshops, and tutorials along with tools, equipment, components, and workspace.
3. Electronics Club: Innovation, Imagination, and Application is the motto of this club. The Electronics Club is a hobby group that aims to teach and help people understand the seemingly incomprehensible electronic gadgets in the world today
4. SAE club: The tinkering laboratory initiative promotes active student involvement in the design and manufacturing of hardware; the SAE student team worked enthusiastically, in unison with the staff members of the tinkering laboratory, to bring their ideas to fruition.
5. Prayas: True to its Hindi literal, PRAYAS, an endeavor of IIT Kanpur students, is mainly focused on providing education to the marginalized kids, at least up to the level where they too can dream big Resources and Information. we try to inspire the kids to dream and enable them to achieve it through education with the belief that ' simple effort can fill colours in many lives'.

WhatsApp's lunch the new feature Messenger Room spotted on destop version

• h messenger room service is being tested with the Whatsapp web version.

• This functionality is still unavailable since the instant messing application.

Facebook already launched the Facebook messenger chat room services with its associate application messengers. This function is started a few months ago. It actually good feedback to Facebook. in lockdown periods there are the high demand for video calling application.in that purpose the Facebookfacebook launched it to get more engagement in that Facebook associate application messenger. it works best .and there was some fix problem to calling still Facebook fix this problem . and do best then Facebook decided to apply same things in their propeller application WhatsApp. cuz there are 5B+ users. if it used properly facebook gets huge revenue which helps them for financial support. that's why they build the chat room. 
the reports clamins that to have spotted a shortcut on whatsapp web for messenger rooms.the option was first shown in the attachment tab.if the user want to creat a room from whatsapp ,the app  will ask to confirm if the want to go to messenger to creat the room.according to whatsapp beta info, the feature is available on whatsapp web version  2.2019.6.

by using messenger rooms people who want to host a video conference will be able to do so by creating a room right from messengeror facebook and then invite anyone t join through links.

What is the content marketing??

Usefu content marketing is best weapons of this market.

Traditional market is becoming the less nad less effective by the minute.

Content marketing is the stagic Marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable relevant and consistent content to the attract and retain a clearly define audience and ultimately to drive profitable customer action.

 It helps to get relevant customer through the content.

Content Marketing Leading Brands:

There are different brands, which are basically used to branding their products through the content. In fact it is used by many prominent organization in the world including P&G , Microsoft, Cisco systems,and Jhon Deeve. Content marketing is one of the latest weapons to reach among the people.

2. Content marketing is good for your bottom line -------& your customers:

Basit there are three major reason to do it . It helps to get the benefits.

• Increase sale
• Cost savings
• Benifit customer who have more loyality

3. Content is present and future of the market:

Go back and read the content one or more times if you want to read. and that's why is valuable. That's the difference between content marketing and other informational garbage . You get more companies trying to sell you "stuff". That's why it makes content marketing is so relavent.

ABOUT GATE EXAMINTION

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GATE Exam

the gate is all India level examination. the full form of the examination is the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. it is a fully computer-based examination. it tests conducted at the national level in India with an aim to examine the understanding of various engineering and science undergraduate subjects.GATE exam is conducted by the following institutes on behalf of National Coordination Board-GATE -

• IISc (Indian Institute of Science)
• IIT Roorkee, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Bombay

GATE exam consists of 65 multiple choice and numerical questions over a 3-hour duration. GATE Score is valid for a period of 3 years. know more about GATE exam pattern.

Benefits of GATE Exam (Why GATE?)

GATE score enables students to gain admission to various prestigious PG programs in IITs and IISc such as -

• ME (Master of Engineering)
• MTech (Master of Technology)
• Doctor of Philosophy

Students also get direct interview calls for prestigious PSU jobs in India whose starting salary is sometimes as high as 14.9L (example, Power Grid).

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GATE score can also be used in the following prestigious programs -

1. Admission in reputed foreign universities with good scholarships such as
1. Aachen University (Germany) - best known for mechanical and automobile engineering
2. Technical University of Munich (Germany)
3. National University of Singapore
4. Nanyang Technical University (Singapore)
2. Fellowship programs in IIMs (equivalent to Ph.D.) with a stipend ranging from Rs. 35,000 to 40,000 per month along with a one time grant of Rs. 1,00,000 to 2,00,000 specialization in
1. Behavioral Sciences
2. Economics
3. Finance and Control
4. Management Information Systems
5. Marketing
6. Human Resource Management
7. Operations Management
8. Public Policy and Management
9. Strategic Management
3. Admission to NITIE, Mumbai - best known for Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Management, Project Management. In 2018, the average salary of graduates from this prestigious institute was 19.2L.

GATE Eligibility

The following students are eligible to take the GATE exam -

• Bachelor’s degree students in Final Year of Engineering / Technology / Architecture (4-year program after 10+2) programs
• Master’s degree students Final Year in any branch of Science / Mathematics / Statistics / Computer Applications or equivalent

Pre-final year students are not eligible to appear in GATE exam. There is no age limit for students eligible to appear in GATE exam.

Eligibility Criteria for GATE  (No age limit)

Qualifying Degree	Qualifying Degree / Examination	Description of Eligible Candidates	Year of Qualification not later than
B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Pharm.	Bachelor’s degree holders in Engineering/Technology (4 years after 10+2 or 3 years after B.Sc./Diploma in Engineering /Technology)	Currently in the final year or already completed	2019
B. Arch.	Bachelor’s degree holders of Architecture (5 years course)	Currently in the final year or already completed	2019
B.Sc. (Research)/ B.S.	Bachelor’s degree in Science (Post-Diploma/4 years after 10+2)	Currently in the 4th year or already completed	2019
Pharm. D. (after 10+2)	6 years program, consisting of internship or residency training during the sixth year	Currently in the 4th/ 5th/6th year or already completed	2021
M. Sc./ M.A./MCA or equivalent	Master’s degree in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications or equivalent	Currently in the final year or already completed	2019
Int. M.E./ M.Tech. (Post-B.Sc.)	Post-BSc Integrated Master’s degree programs in Engineering/Technology (4 years program)	Currently in the 2nd/ 3rd/4th year or already completed	2021
Int. M.E./ M.Tech. or Dual Degree(after Diploma or 10+2)	Integrated Master’s degree program or Dual Degree program in Engineering/Technology (5 years program)	Currently in the 4th/5th year or already completed	2020
Int. M.Sc./ Int. B.S.-M.S.	Integrated M.Sc. or 5 years integrated B.S.-M.S. program	Currently in the final year or already completed	2019
Professional Society Examinations*  (equivalent to B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch.)	B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. equivalent examinations of Professional Societies, recognized by MHRD/UPSC/AICTE (e.g., AMIE by Institution of Engineers-India, AMICE by the Institute of Civil Engineers-India and so on)	Completed Section A or equivalent of such professional courses	NA

* Some of these Professional Societies / Institutions, which conduct examination in various fields of engineering, are as follows.

1. The Institution of Engineers (India) (IE)
2. The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
3. The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
4. The Aeronautical Society of India (ASI)
5. The Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, including Polymer and Environmental Group (IChemE)
6. The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM)
7. The Indian Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)

However, the candidates who possess certification from any of the professional societies must ensure that those examinations conducted by the societies are approved by MHRD/AICTE as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch, subject to public notice (Advt No.P& AP/10(04)/2017)

Aerospace Engineering	AE
Agricultural Engineering	AG
Architecture and Planning	AR
Biotechnology	BT
Chemical Engineering	CH
Chemistry	CY
Ecology and Evolution	EY
Geology and Geophysics	GG
Mathematics	MA
Mining Engineering	MN
Metallurgical Engineering	MT
Petroleum Engineering	PE
Production and Industrial Engineering	PI
Textile Engineering and Fiber Science	TF
Engineering Sciences	XE
Life Sciences	XL

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Everything You Need to Know about Java Virtual Machine (JVM)

 

What is JVM?

JVM or Java Virtual Machine is an abstract platform-dependent virtual machinewhich provides runtime environment in which java byte code can be well-executed. It is available for various hardware and software platforms and has a major role in carrying out modern day innovations.

Function of JVM

As discussed above it involves processes running on a machine, something similar to a server, which represents and controls the resource usage for a Java application. It, thus, basically performs 2 primordial functions – one, it works on the principle of “Write Once, Run Anywhere”, enabling the users to execute Java development programs on nearly all devices and/or operating systems, and second, it optimizes and manages the program memory via process known as Garbage Collection.

Besides, JVM also does tasks like loading the code, verifying it, executing itand providing a suitable runtime environment to work efficiently. Not only this, it also provides several definitions for different domains like class file format, register set, memory area, garbage-collected heap, fatal error reporting etc..

What is Garbage Collection?

It is a major process running within a JVM which involves continuous identification and removal of the memory which is currently not being put to use in a Java program and/or application.

Architecture of JVM

It consists of various technically associated domains like:-

1. Classloader

Classloader is a sub part of JVM being used to load the class files. Whenever a java program is run, it is first loaded by the classloader and then accordingly executed. There are primarily three built-in internal classloaders in Java. However, others can also be created on the same lines. The 3 in-built classloaders include:-

1. Bootstrap ClassLoader It is the first classloader which is a super class of the Extension classloader works to loads the jarfiles, containing all class files of Java Standard Edition like java.net package classes, java.io package classes, java.util package classes, java.sql package classes, java.lang package classes etc…
2. Extension ClassLoader: This is a child classloader of the above mentioned and the parent classloader of the System classloader. It is responsible for loading the jar files located within $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext
3. System/Application ClassLoader: It is the child classloader of the aboveand deals with loading the classfiles from classpath.

2. Class(Method) Area:

Class (Method) Area stores per-class structures such as the field and method data, the runtime constant pool, the code for methods etc..

3. Heap

It refers to the runtime data area where allocation of objects takes place.

4. Stack

Storing of frames take place Java Stack. It holds local variables and partial results, husplaying an important part in the process of method invocation and return. Every thread has a private JVM stack which is created simultaneously along with the thread.

*A new frame is developed each time a method is invoked and is destroyed when the process of method invocation finishes.

5. Program Counter Register (PC)

PC (program counter) register has the address of the JVM instruction being executed currently.

6. Native Method Stack

It comprises of all the native methods being used in a program and/or an application.

7. Execution Engine

It includes:

1. A virtual processor
2. Interpreter: Executes the instructions reading the byte code stream.
3. Just-In-Time(JIT) compiler: It is used as a tool to enhance the performance of a JVM is responsible for compiling the parts of the byte code that havesimilar functionalities at the same time, hence reducing the time required for the completion of the compilation process.

8. Java Native Interface

Java Native Interface (JNI) is a framework providing a communication interface such that it can communicate with other application other languages like C, C++, Assembly etc. It is thus, also used to send output to the Console or interact with the OS libraries.

Working of a JVM –Stages and/or Processes Involved

A JVM involves three stages –

1. Loading

It refers to the cation of loading a/the file on the memory using the classloaders and then representing it in the heap memory.

2. Linking

It is a 3 fold process, involving –

a. Verification: Ensures the correctness of .classfile, checking whether the file is formatted properly and whether or not is generated by a valid compiler.

If verification fails, a run-time exception java.lang.VerifyError is given.

b. Preparation: Allocates memory for class variables and initializes it to the default values.

c. Resolution: Replaces symbolic references with direct references, by searching into the method area so as to locate the entity being referred to.

        3. Initialization

Under this process, all the static variables are assigned their respective values as defined in the code and/or static blocks (if any), which is executed from top to bottom in a class and from parent to child in the class hierarchy.

Thus JVM should be a part of any java development company and its a new ray of hope for improved technical innovations, something which is not only friendly to all platforms but also is convent and user-friendly

Fashion design

Fashion design is the applied art devoted to the designing of clothing and lifestyle accessories. This art is influenced by cultural and social attitudes and has evolved over time and place. Fashion designing has come a long way from the designer clothes worn by the royalty of the ancient world to the haute couture products of the present.

Fashion designing is one of the most lucrative, appealing, glamorous and exciting career options in today's world. If you have a penchant for creativity, style and originality, a career in fashion designing is the one tailor made for you. On one hand, the fashion industry satisfies both the creative fancies and the materialistic needs of the people. On the other hand, it promises glamour, fame, success and a high pay package to the talented people.

However, it is also a demanding career, as fashion designers need to combine their creativity with managerial skills to sustain in this industry. Thus, if you can create magic with colours, shapes and designs, then just obtain a professional course to begin a successful career in the alluring world of fashion designing.

Step-by-Step

To start a career as a fashion designer, two types of qualifications are required, that is, natural and acquired.

• Natural: this skill set would comprise of a decent aesthetic sense, colour expertise, good taste and sense of trends and fashion. An eye for detail, knowledge of fabrics and so on is a big plus for those serious about a career as a fashion designer.

• Acquired skills would be a qualification from a decent, recognized fashion Institute. You can enrol for either a full-time course or a part time certificate course. Students usually take these up after their 10+2 level. Not that the courses are not available for graduates or people with higher qualification. There are several short-term certificate courses that are offered by the same fashion institutes for super specialization, on part-time basis. These courses equip you with technical and creative thinking skills.

Start Early

The word ‘fashion’ immediately conjures up images of glitz and glamour. The onset of the International fashion market in India has given an impetus to the fashion industry which has emerged as the booming industry and a career as a fashion designer is like a pot of gold. So, many young people who are attracted by these attributes decide to foray into the fashion industry.

While the academic requirements are not very high, you need considerable aptitude and talent to be labelled “designer” material. You must be highly creative to combine colours, shades and textures and express your ideas through sketches.

Your race for admission into a reputed fashion school will begin straight after school. Subjects like drawing, painting, home science and computer graphics will develop your creativity.

By the time you finish the course you will have mastered the step-by-step making of a garment: from designing to pattern making, production and even marketing.

Is it the right career for me?

A career in fashion designing is right for you if you are talented and exude style in everything you do. You must also possess the ability be original and creative and love to make people look good.
Further, you must be creative enough to combine colours, shades and textures and express your ideas through sketches. You must also visualise new design, patters, garments and accessories and enjoy working with fabrics and accessories.

If you have all this and more in you then you are all, set to step into the arena of fashion designing.

What would it Cost Me?

The fee structure varies from institution to institution. However, on an average you will have to dish out more than Rs. 45,000 per annum to complete a course in Fashion Designing from a reputed institution.

Funding/Scholarship

Some fashion academies extend merit based scholarships.  These scholarships usually waive off payment of tuition fee only. These waivers continue in the subsequent year(s) on the condition that the awardees academic performance meets the prescribed standards of achievement.

The criterion of these scholarship programmes is based on the annual income of the eligible student’s parental annual income. There are a few scholarships sponsored by reputed companies for meritorious and financially deserving students. Scholarship awardees also get educational loan facility to cover other payable fee and expenses.

Job Prospect

In India, the fashion industry has just begun to come of age, as it is still in its fledgling stage. This industry offers plenty of opportunities for talented hard working and enthusiastic people. Prospects for fashion design graduates are pretty good thanks to the huge and still growing demand for “designer wear” and the equally outsized quantity of exports.

After successful completion of the course, you can remain self employed. Alternatively, several export houses, garment store chains, textile mills, leather companies, boutiques, fashion show organizers, jewellery houses and media houses recruit professionals interested in a career in fashion designing.

Pay Packet

The Starting monthly package can be around Rs.10, 000 to Rs.15, 000. With experience, you will acquire maturity in designing skills and a few years down the line your salary would be in the range of Rs.30, 000 to Rs.40, 000 per month. Of course, if you become a reputed designer you could demand the world.

Great fashion designers salary always shows an upward moving trend. However, hard work and a conscious effort to update the latest trends in the fashion industry are imperative.

Demand and Supply

Economically India is progressing rapidly today with even better future prospects. Therefore, the country is today witnessing rapid growth in many sectors which includes the fashion industry.

Indian fashion is gaining a lot of popularity abroad because of cheap labour and excellent craftsmanship. Many top Indian designers are now catering to this growing international demand for quality fashion products and accessories. In addition, for the demand for Indian garments, designer saris and textiles are also of great demand.

Many individuals choose careers in fashion designing today as there are many areas of work and countless opportunities within this field.

Market Watch

The scope for fashion design jobs in India is immense as Indians have increasingly become more fashion conscious and seek to enhance it in every way. Clothing companies need to hire people in a variety of jobs, ranging from fashion designers, textile designers, models, retailers, buyers and merchandisers, to provide end-to-end solutions to their clients.

According to a recent study, the India’s fashion designing industry aims to grow to Rs.1, 000 crores from the current to Rs.180 crores within the next 5 to 10 years.

International Focus

Better prospectus both in terms of salary and growth of fashion design jobs is enormous and extends beyond India’s markets to international markets too. Indian fashion designers are doing very well in almost all countries and hence the scope has broadened for students of fashion designing. 

Fashion designers such as Ritu Beri, Ritu Kumar, Rohit Bal, Satya Paul and Tarun Tahiliani are known worldwide. Many Institutions provide training to potential fashion designers to expand their talent and become entrepreneurs in the fashion world. The India Fashion Week has become an international fashion event, with buyers from international stores making an appearance to transact business.

With more and more Indians dressing up and focused on looking good, there is an increasing awareness about fashion in India. The Indian fashion industry is booming. The domestic Indian Textile market is worth $25 billion today and growing at an annual rate of 15-20%.

Mega Malls are mushrooming all over. The Retail sector is witnessing a virtual explosion with the Ambanis, Mittals, Birlas and now, the Tatas making a foray in this sector. The fashion market will require thousands of trained professionals in the fields of design, management, communication and technology.

Positives/Negatives

+ives
• The scope of fashion design is such that it’s cut out for success.
• There are some glamorous aspects to this business, you may get to rub shoulders with the rich and famous, but reaching there is absolute hard work.

-ives
• Fashion designers need a lot of experience and hence they have to work as assistant for any reputed fashion design firm in the initial phase.
• You might want to set up your own studio but you will need a lot of money or have to find investors who are ready to invest in your studio.
• Unless you have some hands on experience, it is hard to get investors.

Different roles, different names

As a professional fashion designer, you can work in areas like designer wear production, fashion marketing, planning and concept management. Then there is fashion media, design production management, fashion accessory design, quality control and promotion of brands.

You can also work as a designated costume designer, fashion consultant, personal stylist, technical designer, graphic designer, production pattern maker or a fashion coordinator.

Other roles include: apparel production manager, fabric buyer, fabric quality control manager, show room sales representative, illustrator, cutting assistant and outside sales representative. Those interested in a career in fashion designing can also become entrepreneurs and form their own companies.

Top Companies

1. Fashion houses run by top fashion designers such as: Abu Jani, JJ Valaya, Manish Malhotra, Neeta Lulla, Rina Dhaka, Ritu Beri, Ritu Kumar, Rohit Bal,  Sandeep Khosla, Tarun Tahiliani and so on.

2. Top notch garment and textile export houses

3. Textile and fabric manufacturing units

4. Exclusive and branded fashion showrooms

Tips for getting Hired

1. Make a great portfolio that showcases your creative talents

2. Apprenticeship under a well-known designer is desirable for getting hired in this industry

3. Thoroughly research the market before making a foray into it

4. Do freelancing for fashion houses and boutiques

5. Be creative, exclusive and innovative

6. Don’t be impulsive and impatient

7. Don’t get disheartened by rejections, understand your drawbacks and work on it

8. Start affordable and once you have proved yourself, you can go for the stars

materials engineerings

What is Materials Engineering?

New materials have been among the greatest achievements of every age and they have been central to the growth, prosperity, security, and quality of life of humans since the beginning of history. It is always new materials that open the door to new technologies, whether they are in civil, chemical, construction, nuclear, aeronautical, agricultural, mechanical, biomedical or electrical engineering.
Materials scientists and engineers continue to be at the forefront of all of these and many other areas of science, too. Materials science and engineering influences our lives each time we buy or use a new device, machine, or structure. (You can read more about the impact of this exciting field in our list of suggested readings.) The definition of the academic field of Materials Science & Engineering stems from a realization concerning every application of materials: it is the properties of the material that give it value. A material may be chosen for its strength, its electrical properties, resistance to heat or corrosion, or a host of other reasons; but they all relate to properties.
Experience shows that all of the useful properties of a material are intimately related to its structure, at all levels, including which atoms are present, how the atoms are joined, and how groups of atoms are arranged throughout the material. Most importantly, we learn how this structure, and the resulting properties, are controlled by the processing of the material.
Finally materials must perform their tasks in an economical and societally responsible manner. Understanding the relationships between properties, structure, processing and performance makes the Materials Engineer the master of the engineering universe.

What's in a Name?

We are the School of Materials Engineering, at Purdue.

At most other universities, these days, materials are studied in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, a name that has gradually become standardized since it was first coined at Northwestern University, in the 1960's. The predecessors of all these departments of Materials Science & Engineering, were typically departments of Metallurgy, Metallurgical Engineering, Mining, Ceramics, and so on. And, yes, this was the School of Metallurgical Engineering in 1959 (when it became independent from the School of Chemical Engineering) and adopted its present name in 1973. For more information on the first years of MSE see Chapter 1 of  "A History of the School of Materials Engineering"  by Mysore Dayananda.

So why are we a "School" instead of a "Department?" And why have we no "Science" in our name?

It's partly a matter of tradition, and partly a reflection of our particular style. (Our undergraduate degree is the Bachelor of Engineering in Materials Science and Engineering, and this gives us our familiar three letter campus code or designator "MSE." Even this is sometimes written as "MsE" acknowledging the difference between the School's name and that of the degree.)

School or Department?

Academic units at Purdue may be Schools or Departments. Generally speaking, Schools are larger, more independent and more powerful - something like Colleges on many large university campuses. The right to award degrees is vested only in the Schools. The School of Liberal Arts has Departments such as English and Philosophy, and the School of Science has Departments of Physics, Chemistry, Math and Biology. But the College of Engineering comprises eleven schools, and two departments. We take pride in the title, which reflects a certain independence of style. This is embodied in our unique approach to the teaching of Materials.

Why no Science?

Well, we do teach a lot of science. Campus legend has it that there was once an objection to the already powerful Schools of Engineering venturing into the hallowed field of Science but, in fact, the title reflects our approach to materials - that we study them because of their engineering utility, not their scientific beauty. This is not to say that we are above stopping and smelling the scientific "roses," and much of what we see in our microscopes is, indeed, truly beautiful. We just begin with the question "how could you make that?" and lead up to "why does it work?" rather than going the other way around. The emphasis on Engineering is not in opposition to science, it is just the fundamental reason for doing what we do, and it is appropriately reflected in our name.