Fashion design Course at Hamstech!

       

         Welcome to the reality of fashion design courses provided by Hamstech. The vision of Hamstech is "Realising Possibilities" however it should be "Realising Realities". There are various courses conducted by Hamstech to cater the needs of various types of students. Hamstech is well publicised institute which has impressive names on the board but there is no contribution from these name. Only neeta lulla can be seen once in a while in the institue along with the attitude that "You are good for nothing."

 There are 3 types of fashion design courses:

• 1-year course(SBTT certificate/Hamstech Diploma).
• 2-year course(SNDT diploma).
• 3-year bachelor degree course.

           Hamstech runnning these courses since quite sometime now. There is no co-ordination between their administrative staff and faculties. No one knows nothing there. Initially when you go to join 1-year course, there efficient staff will counsel you that there is no difference between 1-year and 3-year course , 1 year course is just fast track course and you need to work harder. They will sell you that if you are a bright student, there is no limit to your leaning curve but during the course if you ask something from your faculty, they simply state that its not in your syllabus. Fun part is you won't find your syllabus for the whole year. When you ask for one , Its like some bizaar secret, no one knows about that, not even admin staff, no faculty, no one. They will tell you that highlighted subjects in the prospectus is your syllabus, like one subject is "Clothing construction" but what will they cover in that its a big mystery.
          After joining the course nothing happens for first 3 months and credit goes to that "Calantha Fashion show" and you can participate in "Calantha" after 1 year finishing your course(1-year course students only) and all the expenses in the fashion show bear by the students only, and there is a compulsion that you buy the fabric from "Neeta Lulla referred person only from Mumbai" and cherry on the cake is Fashion show happens at Marriot or some 5-star hotel but garments sale happens to take place after a long time in Hamstech institute. Bad fabric quality and high stitching cost(Hamstech reffered tailor ofcourse) raise the ready garment cost so no sale .

         Even they don't have permanent faculties. They hire the people who are looking for extra bucks temporarily (have foreign degree to flaunt) but leave you halfway in lurch. For basic computer subjects they have permanent faculty(though its a fashion design institute) and they teach you notepad and paint initially. Its a big joke,they still teach notepad and paint as a design development tool.

         In their words its a college but you can't get a book issued. One can read the books there only. Its fortunate enough that nobody goes there because if students decide to read the books there, it would be a great challenge to find a space to even stand in that room. Only 4-5 chairs can fit into that room. In that so called college, they collect the fees in first 6 months only and during this fee collection time they would be still polite and pretend to answer your queries but later on everyone is so rude including the faculties. Initially when nothing happens for 3 months students also run away. In class of 30 students only 14-15 students remain after 3-4 months. 

          After doing a 1-year course, if a tailor hires you, would be a miracle. Students who have relatives and friends in designing should go for this course but the skills they teach can be learnt from the aunty in your building during summer camps in less time and money. 

So In my next post I would like to share the 1-year Fashion design course syallabus. Its like Revealing a BIG SECRET;) wait for that.....

Recession: A New Gateway!

In this time of recession people are trying out various things. In my recent interactions with various people, I have found professionals exploring entirely different fields from their current domains. I met one IT professional who is doing a Fashion designing course along with her job. I was amazed to hear this. People have various reasons to go for such kind of options, one of them is to mitigate the risks where husband and wife both are working in the same industry, or few wants to be an entrepreneur. So they want to purse their hobby as an alternate career option.

In India every parent dreams their children to become a Doctor or an Engineer, very few lucky persons get the chance to purse their hobby as profession. Now a days its easier for them to pursue their dreams. It seems that harder times make people more innovative and courageous.

Here's the list of most popular creative courses among the people:

• Fashion designing
• Textile designing
• Dancing
• Vocal Music
• Painting

In hyderabad there are various institutes which provide training.

For Fashion/Textile/Interior Desiging
1. NIFT(National Institute of Fashin Technology)

• NIFT provides part time courses(1 year) in the evening. It runs 3 months part time courses also which starts from June and course fees are between 15000-60000.

2. Hamstech

• This institue provides Textile/Fashion and Interior designing courses, duration from 1 year to 2 year and course fees is 45000 /year

Dance and Music Schools
1. **Bhadurka School of Dance and Music(2461-0381, 2352-0708, 2473-2832, 92463-79662, 2460-1264 )

• It is in kachiguda and Banjara hills road no 7(Meridian School) classes run between 6:00PM to 10:00 PM and charges are between 500 to 700 per month. Here you can learn to play musical instruments/Hindustani vocal and Kathak.

2. ***Kavita Dance classes(040 23541381/9395367678)

• She teaches Kathak and folk dance at her apartment which is on Banjara hills road no3.

3. **Nritya Aradhana(040 23414607/9848467937 )

• Its in Panjagutta near hyderabad central and teaches only bharatnatyam. She charges 1000 for first month and 650/month afterwards.