Choosing the right career can be a troublesome task for both – the students as well as their parents. Most of us go through this question after passing class 12th exams or Class 10th exams.
Career options for students who are pursuing professional courses or vocational courses, is comparatively easy but for the rest, a lot of effort and thought process is involved. A lot depends on the interest of the student but choice of the career and job prospects also play an integral role in deciding the career.
If you have interest in Designing; interiors, gems, precious stones, jewellery, fashion and garment to name a few, then definitely this section is worth exploring for various career opportunities.
Fashion Design Stream
Considered as one of the best paying industry today, a career in Fashion Design has become famous among creative minds. Popularly conceived as a glamorous field, the domain has cut- throat competition and vast challenges as well. However, there is wide scope of Fashion Design in India as well as abroad.
Students have innumerable choices in front of them after completing their professional studies in Fashion Design. The fashion designers have varied options including designing, research, cloth production, textile designing etc. They may join fashion houses/manufacturing/export units for a paid job or launch their own label in market. The horizon of Fashion Design is not limited to garments only; it covers several other aspects like accessories, jewellery, footwear, etc. as well.
Interior Design Stream
Interior Design (ID) is undoubtedly one of the most sought after professions in India today. With city dwellers increasing day by day and available living spaces shrinking correspondingly, efficient use of the available space has become a grave necessity. And owing to the increased standard of living in India and the new mindset of the younger generation, interior design has become an independent field of its own, coming out of the shadows of architecture and civil engineering.
Currently there is a need for 100000 interior designers in India alone; combining freelance projects as well as the jobs available in architectural and construction firms, and furniture companies. If you are one of those design aspirants who want to take up interior design as a career, here’s a list of things you must and should know about this popular design domain.
List of various careers that students can pursue after completing their 10+2 in the Designing stream:
Fashion Design
Fashion Illustrator | Fashion Stylist | Fashion Coordinator | Fashion Consultant | Fashion Merchandiser | Fashion Design | Costume Designers | Advanced Fashion Design | Apparel Industry Management | Footwear Design | International Manufacturing & Product Development | Merchandise Marketing | Merchandise Product Development | Jewellery Design | International Trade | Textile Design | Theatre Costume Design | Fashion Knitwear Design | Film &TV Costume Design | Fashion Communications | Journalism — Fashion | Multiple Brand Retail | Designing Company | Visual Communications | Academic – Teacher | Film & TV Industry
Interior Design
Interior Illustration | Industrial & Graphic Design | Interior Coordinator | Interior Designer | Architecture Firms | Merchandise Product Development | Floral Designers | Interior Consultant | Art Directors | Interior Merchandiser | Visual Communication | Merchandise Marketing | Academic – Teacher | Journalism – Interior | Space Design (Residential/Offices/Commercial) | Film & TV Interior Design | International Manufacturing & Product Development | Furniture/Furnishing Brand Stores | Interior Stylist | Factory Designers
Fashion Design
Retail Brands
Raymond Apparel Ltd | ColorPlus Fashions | ZARA | Bombay Fashions | Meena Bazaar | AND | Ring Plus Aqua Ltd | M&S
Apparel Manufacturing – Export Houses
Truetzschler India Pvt. Ltd | Trident Ltd | Royal Touch Overseas Pvt. Ltd | Phoenix Trading Consulting Pvt. Ltd | Star Silk Exports Pvt. Ltd | Welspun Global Brands Limited | Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd | Phoenix Trading & Consulting Pvt. Ltd | Khosla Profil Pvt. Ltd
Fashion Communications
Marks & Spencer | Madura Garments | Shopper’s Stop | Benetton| Perfect Relations | Wizcraft | Ogilvy & Mather | Lifestyle
Fashion Media
Vogue | Harper’s Bazaar | Times of India | Couture Asia | Femina | MTV | NDTV | Asian Age
Fashion Designers
Rohit Bal | Varun Behl | Raghuvendra Rathore | Sabyasachi Mukherjee | J. J. Valaya | Rajesh Pratap Singh | Ritu Kumar | Neeta Lulla
Jewellery
Tanishq | Malabar Gold and Diamonds | Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri (TBZ) | Kalyan Jewellers | Bhima Jewellers | Joyalukkas Jewellers | Amrapali Jewellers | PC Jeweller Ltd | Asian Star Company Ltd
Interior Design
Architecture & Interior Design Firms
SPASM Design Architecture | Lotus Design Studio | Serie Architects | sP+a (Sameep Padora and Associates) | ZZ Architects and Interior Designers | Space Interior | Design Plus India | Home Makers Interior
Furniture Manufacturing
Homelane | Urban Ladder | Bonito Design | Durian | Livspace | Inch | Nilkamal Ltd | Godrej Interio
Interior Journalism (Magazines)
Elle Decor India | Insite | Architectural Digest Indian Edition | Designer + Builder | Goodhomes Magazines India | Home & Happiness | Inside Outside | Home Fashion India
Graphic Design
Suffescom Solutions | Sunflower Lab | Mandy Web Design | SayOne Technologies | CemtrexLabs | IndianNIC Infotech Limited | Clavax | Mindlnventory
Kalinga Plus is an initiative by Kalinga University, Raipur. The main objective of this to disseminate knowledge and guide students & working professionals.
This platform will guide pre – post university level students.
Pre University Level – IX –XII grade students when they decide streams and choose their career
Post University level – when A student joins corporate & needs to handle the workplace challenges effectively.
We are hopeful that you will find lot of knowledgeable & interesting information here.
Happy surfing!!