Over a span of just three academic years, Institute of Apparel Management has established itself as a trail-blazer amongst the genre of Fashion & Apparel education institutes. As an institute focused on the “Management and business of fashion & design Industry” and innovation led teaching-learning systems, IAM has carved a niche for itself. The students are already actively participating in major apparel and fashion fairs of International standards organized by the AEPC and the faculty members are designing and executing projects like “Source Zone”. The number of International students enrolled with the institute is also on the increase which has raised the profile of IAM. Reputed export houses, leading domestic brands and retailers are coming forward to offer internships and placements to IAM’s industry ready professionals.

The apparel industry (Apparel Export Promotion Council, an association of apparel exporters of India – Council is having more than 8000 Apparel exporters as its members) ‘owns’ the Institute and the Management of the Institute is in safe hands of the doyens of design education in fashion industry. The most important apparel export and marketing centres namely, Delhi NCR and Navi Mumbai have IAM’s Campuses with extension Centre in Tirupur. IAM’s DNA is its industry aligned course structure & innovation environment & pedagogy. The students inherit this DNA and take it forward in their performance which is most appreciated by both domestic & export apparel industries.

Having successfully positioned itself as a multi-varsity to create “industry ready professionals”, both for export and domestic industries, we see huge opportunities emerging for the students to chart exciting careers. Big export houses which are scaling up their operations (several of them being situated in Delhi-NCR-Gurgaon), leading buying houses, service industries as well as the Rs.300,000 Crores domestic apparel market augur well for IAM’s growth and creates amazing opportunities for it’s students. The number of international visitors to IAM from UK, Japan, Canada, France & Italy and the keen interest of the leading institutes to collaborate with the Institute go on to prove that the unique model of an “industry council” running a higher education institute has attracted attention because of its winning edge.

The IAM’s thrust is also on Continuing Education and Executive Development Programmes for the working executives / professionals of the industry. IAM has set up three program centres in Gurgaon, Navi Mumbai & Tirupur and plans to add two more centres in Bengaluru & Chennai. With the growing reputation of its management, faculty members and the student’s creativity and innovation IAM continues on its trail blazing journey by announcing the Admissions for 2013-14. The highlights of this Academic season include international pathways for the Apparel Marketing and Merchandising Program through Modspe Paris and Academic tie-ups with SMR University, Sansepolcro, Italy and the linkage in the making with London College of Fashion, UK. Thus IAM is today the only “Global” institute in India in the fashion / Apparel / Lifestyle education space. The students apart from having multiple options to choose from also have an equally attractive option to have face-to-face full time in-campus programs through world’s largest university IGNOU. The Government actively supports the institute’s activities. Needy students get timely help at IAM through AEPC sponsored freeships.

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The author, Dr. Darlie Koshy is the Director General & CEO of IAM / ATDC, and is a Former Director of NID Ahmedabad (2000-2008). He is also the Founding Chairperson and Senior Professor in Fashion Management Studies at NIFT, New Delhi (1988-2000). He is the author of books like – Effective Export Marketing of Apparel to US, EU and Japan (Book published by Global Press in 1995); Garment Exports : Winning Strategies (Book published by Prentice-Hall of India in 1997);Indian Design Edge, etc. He is the Winner of IIT Alumni Award for ‘Outstanding’contribution to National Development- 2008

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