Goals

• Bringing in Consciousness in every aspect of Fashion and its Creators right from Education, Business to Society
• Internationalization of Fashion Education
• Inculcating and empowering the skill sets in its originality and converting it as Contemporary which is the most apt for the International Fashion Market
• To provide an excellent pathway to employment and self-employment opportunities for future fashion designers.
• Practice and Promotion of "Green Fashion".
• Bringing in innovations in Fashion.
• Train and equip students to become ethically and socially responsible and nationally committed professionals with sound Physical and intellectual capacities.
• To connect Knowledge, Skills and Creativity to empower Fashion Business. Deliver trained fashion designers who will empower future fashion business with interlinked application of knowledge, skills and creativity

Objectives

• To provide the interaction and exposure through ethical, responsible and most conscious inputs along with necessary Skills and knowledge so as to direct the performance that meets up the business and social needs.
• To get associated with internationally renowned Fashion Education Organizations for exchange of ideas and knowledge and for the exposure to the new techniques and technologies, along with latest trends in Global Fashion.
• To be able to create Globally Marketable trendy fashion products through local artisans’ perennial skillsets
• To induct most competitive and qualified Human Resource to nurture the students' personalities that attracts employments and builds confidence to work as an entrepreneur.
• To invite active participation of Alumni, Industry and Artisans to set the paradigm in Fashion education.
• To Sensitize the Fashion Fraternity through various activities related to Education and Research to encourage Innovations in Sustainable and Green Fashion.
• To groom the faculties and students for developing research aptitude by giving them exposure to National & International Fashion Conferences, Fashion Trade Shows, Fashion Competitions, Fashion Seminars, Fashion Workshops, Fashion Exhibitions and connecting them with the industry to encourage innovations in Fashion.
• To inculcate Social, Physical and Cultural attributes in students to make them realize about their Physical fitness, Social Responsibility via various activities in Sports, Cultural and Social events.
• To establish Incubation Center, Consultancy Cell and Marketing Platform to expand the reach of ‘Conscious Fashion.’

Curriculum Implementation

Curriculum Implementation is supported with hard resources such as qualified and efficient faculties, industry resource persons and hardware technology. Wherein School of Fashion Technology resources include special software support in planning, monitoring and evaluation of teaching and learning process further advance digital technology and virtual classrooms are envisaged to enhance the curriculum implementation.

 

About Teaching Fashion Design, Management and Technology Courses:

• The teaching philosophy includes implementing combination of effective teaching strategies i.e. classroom and activity-based.
• Integration of ICT (Information & Communication Technologies) into the classroom
• Incorporation of latest case studies, digital technology to help make teaching practical, relevant and impactful.
• Teaching Plans will be made more detailed for effectively and efficiency.
• Support of Knowledge Centre and Resource Centre for Teaching.

 

About Learning Fashion Design, Management and Technology Courses:

• Along with theoretical classroom learning, students are encouraged to involve themselves into practice sessions for workshops, seminars, competitions, industrial visits again and again to master the skills.
• Specially designed international exposure is meant for developing HR synchronized with International Industry expectations.
• MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology aims at giving their students an exclusive learning experience by providing then the access to renowned Fashion Industry departments and resource persons to study their on-going projects
• Support of Knowledge Centre and Resource Centre.

 

Evaluation:

• Students’ skills progress is assessed by criteria based 360-degree evaluation systems designed and established by University and Autonomous Examination department.
• MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology aims to have more participation in National and International Fashion Competitions, curate special Fashion Competitions in order to harness competitiveness among students and broaden their horizon.   

Curriculum Enrichment Programs

Keeping in mind the Parameters of Quality, Internationalization and ready for industry, curriculum enrichment programs are divided as follows:

• Skill based Enrichment Programs
• Skill based Enrichment Programs prepares the students to attain a proficiency of a particular skill set along with its application
• Remedial Enrichment Programs

 

Exposure based Enrichment Programs:

• Exposure based Enrichment Programs aims to give a better understanding about the practices followed at national and international industry leveI.
• Students are regularly exposed to understand National and International Fashion Industry practices through Enrichment Programs.

 

Social Awareness based Enrichment Programs:

 

Fashion Designer education and training
Social Awareness Enrichment Programs focuses on preparing students to become socially responsible fashion professionals.
Along with these enrichment programs, the focus also is on introducing some value addition fashion courses in the specific areas supporting the curriculum. Conscious Development of Resource Centre and Knowledge Centre namely are meant to support Research.

 

Curriculum Progression
MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology plans to become one of the most conscious and internationally recognized Fashion Education School.
The students are exposed to Undergraduate and Post Graduate Fashion Courses at national and international level in the form of University and Autonomous Programs. This education model works on integrating the Industry knowledge along with International Exposure to make it most effective.

 

MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology plans Curriculum Progression in two ways:
1. Vertical Progression: MKSSS’s School Of Fashion Technology plans to commence programs for students who desire to pursue further education. Namely, Post Graduate Diploma in Fashion Education at Autonomous Level and Masters in Fashion Design at University Level, PhD programs and Post-Doctoral Programs in Fashion Design.
2. Horizontal Progression: With focus on quality inputs in fashion and its related fields, MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology plans to begin short-term and long-term programs that will add value in the following Fashion fields:
Fashion Design, Fashion Communication, Textiles, Jewelry, Personality Development, Costumes, Accessory etc.

Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular Inputs to Students

With the vision of building a conscious human being in the vertical of social, business, fair, sustainable practices and positive personality, MKSSS’s School Of Fashion Technology engages its students in Co-Curricular and Extra Curricular activities

 

Co-Curricular Activities

• Fashion Workshops
• Fashion Seminars
• Fashion Competitions
• Fashion Exhibitions
• Extra-Curricular Activities
• NSS
• Sports
• Cultural Activities

 

MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology pledges to strengthen students’ development with the help of following:

 

1. Promotion Promote Research Culture:

Formulation of Research Centre, Resource Centre, Incubation and Innovation Centre, Field Visit and a Studio.
Under the guidance of Research Committee of MKSSS’s School Of Fashion Technology, students will be facilitated to do Research Experiments in Fashion design and technology.
Students will be encouraged to participate in national and international level research-based Fashion design and Fashion technology competitions.

2. Student Support and Progression:

In order to build a conscious student, MKSSS’s School Of Fashion Technology plans its activities to enhance various skills and talents through supportive activities like:
Academic Support
Personal Empowerment

3. Career Guidance and Placement Support:

Alumni Support
Feedback and Counseling
Financial support
Entrepreneurship

4. Skill Oriented Learning & Teaching:

International Exchange Programs
Graduate Fashion Week
Green Fashion India

 

Value Education & Community Service through Extension Activity Units
The NSS Unit is pro-actively contributing to community services. The NSS is provided with special workshops of Team Building, Commitment towards Environment, Nation and Society. Besides Residential camp at the Village Pale, in the district Kamshet, the NSS team is committed to groom students from tribal community for Skills and knowledge.
MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology has an association with the NGO "Poornam" and the team is geared up for "Waste Management", by creating interesting Fashion product range that is marketable.

 

"Craft Village" is a project that aims helping elevate financial status of local artisans by encouraging them bringing in research and innovation in collaboration with Professional Fashion Designers.

 

"Consortium of Green Fashion" encompasses many activities that contribute to social reach.

 

To promote Conscious and Green Fashion

 

To establish linkages with International Organizations for Craft and Green Fashion Research and Promotion and to support Social Service-related activities. To create awareness of health, hygiene and cleanliness by providing experts inputs and activities.

 

To collaborate with social groups for personality grooming, social awareness and confidence building.

 

To attain Green Audit for MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology premises and building

 

Though a Fashion Technology Institute, MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology is committed to train and equip its young women/ female students in areas like self-defense, cyber security awareness, disaster management. Keeping with the ethos, the Institute provides scholarships to needy students and support deserving performing artists.

 

Human Resource Development

Highly Qualified and efficient work force is the foundation of Progressive Education. MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology selects its Human Resource most consciously. The selected Human Resource is well-trained for taking up the Professional as well as Social Responsibilities. The capacity building programs are encouraged to go for maximum output with flexibility in job roles.
The administrative staff is selected through Test Series and Interviews. To make them more efficient timely training programs are arranged in the areas of audits, taxations, communication and ICT (Information and Communication Technologies).

 

The IQAC is active in planning, monitoring and controlling of the performances.

 

The training and development of Human Resource will be enhanced in the following manner:

 

To undertake major and minor research projects and to present the research papers at National & International Conferences along with the publication of papers in Peer Review Journals bearing ISSN and UGC recognized.

 

Giving international exposure to the faculties through Conferences, Seminars, Trade Shows, Industrial Visits and Workshops.

 

Establishing interactive platforms at National and International level for the exchange of ideas and experiences so as to enhance the Teaching Learning Process.

 

To groom the HR to set an example of best services ultimately reaching to the Consumer Satisfaction in every aspect.

 

To establish incubation center for creating linkages between staff and industry.

 

To develop Refreshers' Course in the area of Design education.

 

To arrange faculty enrichment events for Team building, stress & health management.

 

To provide technology support and training for efficient working.

 

To encourage capacity programs in administrative staff for job rotation.

 

To Create support systems such as insurance, transportation, family welfare, family recreation.

 

To support staff research extensively.

 

Physical Infrastructure

The smartness of physical infrastructure reflects in the consciously planned modern and traditional areas that gel together so well without leaving the thinnest line of separation. In every aspect of technique technology, machinery and equipment related to Fashion Industry, MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology intends to make this feature more prominent by providing the most antique, traditional and rare techniques along with the most modern technology.

• MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology aims to provide smart education with the use of digital technology, for which a special software support will be developed to make it most efficient and effective.
• Creative spaces to encourage innovation will be a feature of MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology that will make the organization different than others.
• Providing encouraging environments in terms of food, accommodation and sports will be one of the prime considerations in the coming course of time.
• Providing the most indigenous landscape for air purification and attraction of nature life.
• Developing natural dyes farms and specific plantations for resource support.
• Use of solar energy and recycling methods for energy and water conservation.
• Installation of smart technology such as Smart boards, e-books and electronic notice boards in the campus.
• Providing safe campus with necessary support systems such as fire extinguishers, CCTV Cameras and Security.
• Providing excellent material support for design development in fashion via resource centre.
• Providing state of art sports facilities.
• Development of state of art Incubation Centre and Fashion Studios.
• Development of Craft village to produce artifacts that will retain the cultural identity of the Nation.

Here we all at School Of Fashion Technology are committed to spectacular Progression in Education and Social reach. Every associate of MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology will carry the values of parent organization irrespective of the place and position.
MKSSS’s School of Fashion Technology will aim at getting recognition at National and International level through its value inputs and outputs.
Ultimately SOFTians are committed to help the Fashion Technology School become one of the best in the world.