Daily Archives: May 28, 2016

Fashion design students display their skills

Arts,Culture & Entertainment, Business & Economy, Education
Design skills:Students of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kannur, holding an exhibition as part of the Graduation Show 2016 at Mangattuparambain Kannur on Thursday.– PHOTO: S.K. MOHAN
Design skills:Students of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kannur, holding an exhibition as part of the Graduation Show 2016 at Mangattuparambain Kannur on Thursday.– PHOTO: S.K. MOHAN

The campus of the National Institute of Fashion Technology-Kannur (NIFT-Kannur) has turned into a venue for the display of a large collection of thematic creative textile design products its students have done as part of their graduation project.

The exhibition showcases all the graduation projects and design collections of students of Master’s of Design, Fashion Management and Bachelor’s of Textile Design, Fashion Technology and Knitwear Design. The project works of 87 students of the institute are being showcased at the two-day exhibition that began on Thursday.

Among the items being displayed include apparel and home furnishing works and application of academic inputs for industry. Also displayed were some handicrafts products designed by the students.

Fashion trends

“The works being displayed feature the fashion design skills of our students and their application of latest technologies in the field,” said NIFT-Kannur Joint Director G. Ramesh Babu.

The collections are based on trend forecasts in the fashion world, he added.

A.G. Rao, Professor Emeritus, Industrial Design Centre, IIT-Mumbai, inaugurated the graduation ceremony.

The inauguration was followed by graduation award presentation and design collection fashion show by Knitwear graduating students of the institute.

source: http:// www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Kerala / by Special Correspondent / Kannur – May 28th, 2016

NABARD’s lead farm project launched at KVK, Peruvannamuzhi

Agriculture, Business & Economy, Green Initiatives & Environment, Science & Technology

Kozhikode :

ICAR Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Peruvannamuzhi launched Lead Enthusiastic Agriculture to Develop (LEAD) aided by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) here the other day.

The scheme envisages demonstrating latest production technologies of spices and vegetables in KVK farm using its technical support. Under the scheme, KVK will work as an Agriculture Incubation Center for farmers, who are ready to venture into scientific cultivation practices. A sum of Rs 7.30 lakh budget outlay has already been earmarked for the project execution.

A meeting of the beneficiaries of the project selected from different parts of Perambra block was held at KVK, where an action plan was prepared for the upcoming season.

Dr P Rathakrishnan, Programme Co-ordinator of ICAR-KVK , Peruvannamuzhi, during the interaction elaborated about the objectives of the project to participants and underlined that the project will help the farmers to gain confidence in adopting proven technologies evolved at research stations on a wider scale. He also added that the field areas of KVK will be used by them to showcase the recent technologies in vegetable and ginger cultivation.

Dr P S Manoj, SMS (Horticulture) and PI of the project also interacted with the participants to clear their doubts about the adoption of technology in farming.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Kozhikode / Sreedevi Chitharanjani, TNN / May 27th, 2016