panchkula the countrys 17th nift national institute of fashion technology will open in sector 23 panchkula in august work on construction of the campus has been completed and it will be inaugurated by the end of july physical classes will start on camous in the beginning of august director nift amandeep singh grover said that the institute offers various undergraduate courses in fashion design textile design and fashion communication there are 30 seats in each course fashion design and textile design classes started in offline mode in 2020 and fashion communication course was added in 2021 besides six month courses in various fields including design pattern making and design studio management for ethnic apparel cad for print nonloom and surface development techniques for interior textiles are also available all these courses also have 30 seats each also there are six month courses on social media marketing in fashion a candidate who has cleared class xii can take admission in these courses two postgraduate courses including master of fashion management and master of design are also available hostel facility will be provided to students for which a plan has been made admission to nift can be taken by appearing in a national level common exam haryana police housing corporation constructed the nift building which has six floors a budget of rs 13316 crore was planned for the institute including rs 6123 crore for construction and rs 3838 crore for academic infrastructure