New Delhi: On Monday i.e. April 26, 2010, central government-run Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) announced that it is all set to establish four new campuses across India at an outlay of Rs 384 crore.
FDDI’s four new campuses are coming up at Chennai, Kolkata, Rohtak (Haryana) and Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh). Each campus would have an intake of 1,500 students and start operating from the coming academic session.
Shashi Bhusan Shukla, FDDI Secretary has said that each campus will offer graduate and post-graduate diploma in Management - Footwear Technology, Retail Management, Creative Designing and Leather Goods and Accessories Design. He also added that on an average, about 60 students will be admitted in one particular course.
Mr Shukla mentioned that the footwear design industry is growing fast and grew by 15 percent even during the recession. He said the industry exports would reach '$7 billion by 2012 from the current $3.3 billion'. In addition, he mentioned that India is the second largest global producer of footwear after China, accounting for 14 percent of global footwear production but added that it still lacks skilled and professional manpower.
Furthermore, he added that the institute focuses to fill this gap of demand and supply by training world class professionals with world class academic training. FDDI, under the jurisdiction of the commerce ministry, already has two campuses at Noida and Fursatgunj - both in Uttar Pradesh.
