Fashion Designing from Galgotias University

 

“Apparel oft proclaims the man” Says Polonious, while advising his son in Hamlet.

How important is really what we wear?

Fashion is ubiquitous and is not restricted to a particular age or gender. It is relative and varies from person to person. Each individual has his or her own tastes and comfort level according to which one likes to dress up. Fashion designing is an area of study and work that concentrates on clothing and accessories. Your love to make people look good drives your passion to create. The rapidly growing Indian fashion industry has great potential to make it to the global stage.The profession in the fashion trade is fascinating and gives a marvelous opening for experience and reputation. Creativity is crucial in all design occupations.

  

Galgotias University is one of the leading fashion institutes in India offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in this field. The institute has earned a good reputation for its innovative teaching methods, international level curriculum, infrastructure and placement assistance. The fashion designing programmes from Galgotias University give an understanding of all aspects of the fashion industry, including designing, production and retailing. It provides the premier educational experience that fosters creativity, career focus and a global perspective. 

 

 


The strong raw material availability in India contributes to the strength of fashion industry. India is one of the largest producers of man-made fibres in the world. The country accounts for 7% of the total man-made fibre production in the world. It also ranks among top producers of silk and cotton. India possesses large number of skilled human resources and has among the lowest labour costs in the world.

 

International Fashion events in India have also given rise to this industry in past few years and Indian Fashion designers have created a lasting impression in the world market with their clients from UK, USA and Middle East. Fashion designers find employment with textile manufactures, garment export houses, garment manufacturers, fashion show organizers and Trade fair authorities. Some high fashion designers start their own label and design for individual clients whereas some cater to specialty stores or high-fashion department stores.  They can also find job opportunties in media houses and practice as freelancing fashion consultants. The fashion-designing job offers enough career growth along with good remuneration. These days big fat Indian weddings have given another opportunity to designers to experiment on traditional and ethnic wears and showcase their unique creations. Apart from being an extremely  well paying industry, fashion designing has glitz and glamour attached to it. 

The changing styles of clothes has given impetus and upsurge to the Indian textile and fashion industry.Indian Textile and Clothing (T&C) industry is currently one of the largest and most important industries in the Indian economy in terms of output, foreign exchange earnings and employment. The industry contributes 4% to the country’s GDP and 14% to the country’s industrial production. Indian T&C market is estimated at Rs. 2,00,000 crore (US $ 40 billion) in 2007-08. The textiles industry accounts for around 14% of total exports from India. 

G-Quasar 2012, The Annual Fest @ Galgotia University

Students during final rehearsal!! 

Finally the day came we had been waiting for. G-Quasar, the annual fest composed of many interesting and innovative events which were to be held throughout the next 2 days in the campus premises started on 2nd February’2012. This much awaited 3 day fest was inaugurated by famed poet Dr. Kumar Vishwas with the lighting of lamp. The welcome speech was given by Dr. Renu Luthera, Director-Galgotias Business School and Dr. Deependra Jha, Dean School of Engineering and Technology, Galgotias University. Dr.Jha also briefed about the different events of the fest which were to be held.

Winner of the Fashion show Rohit Maggu poses for camera.

 

The 3 day fest witnessed a huge gathering of more than 25000 students, faculty members and guests enjoying the festive fervor.

        

Yo Yo Honey Singh with  j-Star Alfaj and other members of his crew.

Rock bands of students from various colleges of Delhi-NCR swayed the crowd by their infectious musical performance at Anarchy-The Battle of bands, on day first. Apart from the rock band competition, Nukkad nataks in informal stage-1 also won huge applause of audiences. On a raised dais with arc shaped seating in front, these young artists enthralled and charmed the gathered audiences with their performances.

  

                                         

The main attraction of the evening on day one was the event 'Scintillations' which was a fashion show by students of various fashion institutes clad in their designer wears. The divine and entertaining fashion show witnessed several fashion students walking the ramp. A sense of optimism and excitement was clearly visible in their confident walks. JD Institute of Fashion & Technology stole the show with their creative designs whereas APJ College, Greater Noida and Galgotias University bagged second and third positions respectively. Rhoit Maggu from JD Institute of Fashion & Technology and Poorva from APJ College won the titles of best male and female models.

                      

Students bands at Galgotias University tuning their instruments!

The audiences were also treated with highly exciting and electrifying dance performances from students. Mrs Anita Sharma from Antanyas Dance Academy was on the judge seat. The performance which bewitched and mesmerized every spectator was the group dance. It was not just the audiences who were under spell but even the photographers looked frenzied when these performers were on stage. A number of other events on music, dance, stage play, literature, and fine arts took place on informal stages. Robotics was another popular event where students showed their aqua boats and remote controlled nitro cars running.  
 




Day second and third had more to offer as these evenings were packed with celebrity performances. With the setting sun, it was time to add to the fun, with Mika Singh who made the crowd groove to Singh is king’, Jugni, and many more of his zippy numbers. Audiences were not in a mood to miss his signature song Gabru.




  
 




Delhi loves anything Punjabi, especially when it's Punjabi beats. Therefore, it was no surprise that the venue was jam-packed when Punjabi rapper Honey Singh performed on day third. His performance was followed by pujabi kings RDB. Nindy Kaur who is going to release her second single, 2 Seater was also accompanying them. The trio set stage on fire and made the crowd go mad with their rocking beats!!

Ample security arrangements were made in and around the venue. CCTV Cameras, Metal Detectors local police personnel and even special security personnel were deployed to ensure smooth proceedings at the event and to prevent any untoward situation.

  

      
 
  


 

  

 

  

   

  

Mr.Dhruv Galgotia, CEO-Galgotias Educational Institutions thanked and appreciated the commitment of the people involved in this fest to make it successful. Vinnie Mathur, Dean Student Welfares at Galgotias University inspired the gathering with her words of appreciation.


G-Quasar 2012 has come and gone and as expected the festival was bright, bustling and action packed. The G-quasar Team promises to be back next year with more fun and more excitement.