COSTUME DESIGN AND FASHION

Costume Design and Fashion Department was established in the year 2004 as a self financing course. Rotary club of Tirupur Gandhinagar donated machineries and equipments worth RS.10 lakhs for the costume Design and Fashion lab on 25/08/2004. And it become a full fledged Government aided Programme in 2006 affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. During the year 2017 M.Sc. ,M.Phil and Ph.D., courses were started. The department is proud that this is the first Government College offering Costume Design and Fashion Course in Tamil Nadu.

There are four dedicated faculty members in the department actively engaged in bringing up the students by enlightening them with recent advances in the field of Textiles and Fashion. To achieve its goals, the department enjoys full fledged lab facilities - Garment construction Lab, processing Lab, testing Lab and CAD Lab.

The Department aims at producing successful Designer, Merchandisers, Quality Controllers, Pattern Makers, Supervisors and Entrepreneurs related to textile and hosiery industry. It undertakes various activities that cater to the above needs of the students. The students are provided intensive exposure to industries through internship training and project work.

Department has well functioning department library with 226 books and it is added every year .This caters to the insights of the students knowledge. It has also subscribed reputed peer reviewed bimonthly and monthly journals which helps the students to know the latest trends and updates in the industry.

Most of the students after their completion of their undergraduate course are placed in jobs based on their interest, credit, workmanship and self motivation, as it is a highly creative and entrepreneurial course. The rest go in for higher studies.

Faculty members in the department are actively engaged in motivating and kindling their knowledge through active participation in conferences and Research Publications in Conferences and in journals. Three faculty members are engaged in guiding M.Phil and Ph.D Scholars. Added to their credit, they are also authors for chapters in books.

COURSES OFFERED

• B.Sc., Costume Design and Fashion
• M.Sc., Costume Design and Fashion
• M.Phil., Costume Design and Fashion (Part time and Full time)
• P.hD., Costume Design and Fashion (Part time and Full time)

RESEARCH DETAILS

• No.of Part time M.Phil students : 2
• No.of Part time Ph.D students : 9
• No.of Full time Ph.D students : 1

GALLERY

• Students witnessing the exhibit of accessories and ornaments prepared by the post graduate Costume Design and Fashion students.
• Principal inaugurating the exhibition of Fashion Portfolio garments
• III year under graduate students exhibiting their Portfolio garments