Hello Dear,

Both are top fashion institutes in India as both comes under Government of India where NIFT comes under Ministry of Textiles and FDDI comes under Ministry of Commerce & Industry. FDDI - Domain areas - Footwear, Leather goods and accessory design, Fashion design , Retail and Fashion merchandising. NIFT - Domain Areas - Textile, Apparel , Fashion, Knitwear , Accessory Design, Fashion Tech.

FDDI has attained the status of institute of national importance under FDDI, Bill 2017 so its has been elevated to quite a good position as far as the status is concerned.  College with 100% placements are a surety but Most of students get placed in brands stores as fashion consultants i.e sales personnel and very few(2–5 from every batch) gets chance to work in back end with good profile such as merchandiser or marketing assistant.

NIFT Chennai is anytime better than FDDI, but if not selected in nift then fddi can be considered. Most of fddians after graduation prefer to pursue post graduation from nift.

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