kannur with an objective of helping the crisisridden handloom industry in the face of changing economic and social order the kannur university would start a new post graduate course in fashion designing from this academic yearelaborate steps to start the course jointly conducted by the university and the institute of handloom and textile technology ihtt were being completed and the course would start from this academic year university registrar k h subrahmanian and ihtt executive director abdul karim told a joint press conference herethe twoyear diploma course the first such in kerala would enroll a batch of 20 students at a time and also set up a placement cell for those who successfully complete the coursean aptitude test for the selection of candidates for the course would be held on august 3 the registrar said adding at present a course in fashion designing in the country was conducted by institutions like the national institute of fashion technology and pearl academy of fashion