Duration:
Two Years, Aug 2011 to May 2013
4 Semesters

Eligibility:
Graduate in any discipline

Last date of Application:
May 14, 2011

The Post-Graduate Diploma in Fashion Retail aims at training individuals to develop a firm grounding in core retailing and related commercial concepts, principles and skills to function as technical professionals and functional managers or entrepreneurs for an emerging and dynamic fashion retail industry in India and abroad. It emphasizes on inculcating in them the capacity to conceptually and critically think and analyze complex problems to propose intelligent and compatible solutions in fashion retail practice.

Semester Two builds a basic grounding in core retailing areas with further emphasis on development of fundamental principles and research skills. Semester Three begins to focus on application and integration of previous knowledge and skills through specific research and exploration. It aims at developing professional competency and ability through an advanced knowledge and understanding of retail merchandising, visual merchandising, retail operations processes and IT techniques in Retail. Semester Four aims at problem-solving applications through an Industry Project. This facilitates students to achieve a very meritorious final work, and to demonstrate a well-honed, highly specialized, application of significance to the Fashion Retail. Field visits, industry talks and industry-based projects give an exposure to a realistic, hands-on experience of retailing skills and techniques.

SYNTHESIS
At this forum, students display their final research projects to the business community in a highly professional setting. Recipients of 'Innovative Research Awards', 'Outstanding Research Award' and 'Practical Research Award' make formal presentations and address queries raised by industry members.

CAREERS
Graduates work as:
Entrepreneurs or employed professionals in Fashion Brands, and Retailers like Esprit, Tommy Hilfiger, S. Oliver, Zara, Future Group, Reliance, Shopper's Stop, Lifestyle, Satya Paul, Forever New etc.

Store Managers Departmental Managers Visual Merchandisers Retail Merchandisers Retail Buyers Brand Managers Category Managers Retail Planners Marketing & Sales Managers Customer Services Managers