B.Sc. Apparel Manufacturing & Merchandising
From fibre to fashion - master the process, production and merchandising of apparel.
PROGRAM DETAILS
From fibre to fashion - master the process, production and merchandising of apparel.
PROGRAM DETAILSIf you're curious about how clothes go from fibre → fabric → garment → store shelf, and you want to learn the business behind fashion - manufacturing, quality, costing, sourcing, merchandising, his is the course for you.
At NIFT-TEA, AMM bridges textiles, garment manufacturing, and merchandising, giving you both factory-floor skills and market-ready knowledge.
Core Skills & Knowledge
Learn how sourcing, production & merchandising decisions shape garments for different markets.
Understand timelines, quality expectations & export-facing workflow used in apparel businesses.
Develop awareness of how product, cost and delivery need to align for global competitiveness.
Fibre to fabric to garment flow
Sampling and sourcing decisions
Quality, costing & delivery control
Retail and export merchandising workflow
Extra skills for industry success
Own label or sourcing unit planning
Production and merchandising coordination basics
Commercial costing awareness
Buyer communication discipline
Supply-chain thinking for small ventures
The programme already includes compact but useful add-on modules that strengthen design sensitivity and product understanding.
AI in Fashion Designing
Focus:Using Artificial Intelligence to enhance the design & merchandising process.
Students learn to:
Generate fashion sketches, silhouettes & patterns using AI tools
Create digital mood boards from themes & inspirations
Assist in colour forecasting
Produce AI-generated print & textile patterns
Use big data for trend predictions (social media, runway images, archives)
Why It Matters:
AI skills are becoming essential in fashion brands, retail, e-commerce and merchandising teams for faster decision-making.
Creative Hands
Focus:Practical creativity & hands-on textile skills.
This module helps students develop:
Manual skills with textile materials
Craft-based creative exercises
Understanding of textile manipulation
Design thinking + tactile learning
Craftsmanship for sampling & product development
Why It Matters:
Creative hands-on skills make merchandising students stronger in sample understanding, product development and quality analysis.
Students build practical evidence of understanding, not just descriptive notes.
This course makes sense for you if:
You want to work in textiles
garment manufacturing, clothing factories, export houses or retail supply-chains.
You enjoy technical aspects:
fabrics, stitching, quality, production workflow, not just design or creativity.
You want to understand
both the factory side and the market/merchandising side of fashion.
You are interested in business,
export, sourcing, supply-chain management or entrepreneurship in apparel.
You want a stable, technical + business skillsets
that's highly relevant to India's large apparel industry
Factory & Production Careers
Merchandising & Sourcing Careers
Quality & Technical Careers
Entrepreneurial Paths
Projects, exercises, quality understanding and planning modules are closely aligned with how apparel factories and export businesses actually function.
Year CDF 2023-26
This course made the apparel business feel clear. I now understand how fabric, costing, quality and delivery all connect in one chain.
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Year CDF 2023-26
The merchandising side and the production side come together well here. It is helping me think beyond just one department
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Entrepreneur Company Name
The programme gave me confidence in costing, sourcing and order flow. That foundation helped me adapt quickly inside export operations.
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Entrepreneur Company Name
Understanding both manufacturing and merchandising gave me a stronger business base than a purely designled course would have done.
It is a balanced mix. Students learn textiles, manufacturing, quality, costing and merchandising together,
Yes. The content includes export sampling, production flow, sourcing and delivery awareness.
No. It suits students who are more interested in process, planning, product and business-side execution.
Yes. It builds a base for planning, sourcing, coordination and factory-side progression.
Yes. The course supports manufacturing, sourcing, merchandising and labelbased entrepreneurship.