Admission at Army Institute of Fashion & Design

Applications have been invited by Army Institute of Fashion & Design (AIFD), Bangalore for admission to the following courses of Year 2013:

UG: BSc (Fashion & Apparel Design)
PG: Masters in Fashion & Apparel Design
PG: Masters in Fashion Retail Management

Eligibility:
Educational Qualifications
(a) UG Course: The applicant must be a 10+2 / Equivalent examination in any combination with a minimum of 35% aggregate marks.
(b) PG Course: Any graduate recognised by Indian Universities or Equivalent.

Candidates should also meet the following criteria:
(a) The applicants must fall into one of the following categories:
(i) Children of serving Army personnel with minimum 10 years continuous service in the Army (Submit Certificate No 1).
(ii) Children of ex Army personnel granted / awarded regular pension, liberalized family pension, family pension or disability pension at the time of their superannuation, demise, discharge, release medical board / invalided medical board. This includes wards of recruits medically boarded out and granted disability pension. (Submit Certificate No 1).

(b) Adopted / Step Children and Children of Remarried Widows:
(i) Adopted child of Army personnel if adopted at least five years prior to seeking admission. (Submit Certificate No 2).
(ii) Step children are eligible provided they are born from a wedding where at least one parent belonged to the Army who is otherwise eligible. (Submit Certificate No 2).

(c) Eligibility Criteria in Special Cases:
(i) Eligibility Criteria for Wards of Ex Army Medical Corps Officers / Army Dental Corps Officers Presently Serving with Indian Navy or Indian Air Force (IN / IAF). Wards of only those ex Army medical officers / Army Dental Corps officers presently serving with Indian Navy or Indian Air Force who have served with the Army for 10 years (Submit Certificate No 3).
(ii) Eligibility Criteria for Children of APS / MNS / TA Personnel (Submit Certificate No 3).
(aa) Children of APS personnel classified as ex-servicemen as per Govt of India, Ministry of Defence letter No 9 (52)/88/D (Res) dated 19 Jul 89.

(ab) Children of those APS personnel who are on deputation and who have put in 10 years of service in the Army.

(ac) Children of APS personnel, who are directly recruited into APS who have completed 10 years of service and of those who as per their terms and conditions of service, retired from APS without reversion to P&T Department after completing their minimum pensionable service of which 10 years was in the Army.

(ad) Children of only those members of MNS who have 10 years service as regular members of MNS or are in receipt of pension from the Army.

(ae) Children of only those TA personnel who have completed 10 years of embodied service.

UG admission:
The result of the WAT published on 02 May 2013 will be put up on the website .
The result will also be displayed on the notice board at AIFD Bangalore. Candidates declared to have passed WAT will also be individually informed by AIFD Bangalore to that effect. The selected students will be required to pay the Course registration fee of Rs.10,000/- & Rs 5000/- for hostel through a Crossed Demand Draft in favour of 'Army Institute of Fashion & Design' payable at Bangalore on 14 May 2013 (within 10 days of publishing of the WAT on the web site).

After the receipt of registration fee from the willing candidates, final list of UG admission will be announced in the web site on 15th May 2013.

PG admission:
The PG candidates have to appear for the CAT and interview on 27th June 2013 at AIFD, Bangalore. The candidates recommended for admission to the PG Course at AIFD, Bangalore on 04 July 2013 will be informed in writing and they will be required to pay Rs.10,000/- as Registration Fee for college & Rs 5000/- for Hostel through a Crossed Demand Draft in favour of 'Army Institute of Fashion & Design' payable at Bangalore on 15 July 2013.

How to apply?
The Prospectus with application form can be obtained by the Candidates from the Office of AIFD Bangalore, ITI B Area, Dooravani Nagar, Old Madras Road, Bangalore -560016 through requisition along with a crossed demand draft for Rs 550/- (which includes Rs.50/- as postal charges) in favour of Army Institute of Fashion & Design payable at Bangalore.

Prospectus with application form is also available on cash payment of Rs 500/- at the Institute, Army Headquarters (AWES) and all the Command Headquarters (AWES).

Application forms duly completed in all respects along with relevant certificates documents should reach the Principal. Army Institute of Fashion & Design, Bangalore, ITI B Area, Dooravani Nagar, Old Madras Road, Bangalore -560016latest by 15 Mar 2013 for UG and 30 May 2013 for PG. A late fee of Rs.100/- by 25 March 2013 for UG and 15 June 2013 for PG Courses.

Students downloading the forms from website link:
Have to attach a draft of Rs.550/- (which includes Rs.50/- as postal charges) along with the application form.

Important Dates:

• Last date for receipt of application form: 15 Mar 2013 (UG) & 30 May 2013 (PG)
• Last date for receipt of application form (With late fee of Rs.100/-): 25 Mar 2013(UG) & 15 June 2013 (PG)
• Written Admission Test (WAT) for UG only: 20 Apr 2013 (Saturday) 1430 to 1730 hrs
• Creative Aptitude Test (CAT) & Interview for PG only: 27 June 2013 (Thursday) 0930 to 1700 hrs at AIFD, Bangalore

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