HOW HAS FDDI ACHIEVED PRESTIGE IN RETAIL EDUCATION?

HOW HAS FDDI ACHIEVED PRESTIGE IN RETAIL EDUCATION?

-         Ms. Sandeep Gandhi

Retail sector is one of the fastest changing and vibrant sectors in the world. It has contributed to the economic growth of many countries. Retail business in India boomed in the 80’s and within a short span of time, Indian retail sector has been rated as the fifth most attractive, emerging retail market in the world.

With the tremendous growth of economy, retail management has emerged as one of the fastest growing careers in India. The enormous expansion in the retail sector during the past few years has thrown up a big demand for skilled professionals in the field.

FDDI is one of the prestigious institute provides career in Retail Management.  In a very short span of time FDDI started producing many talented and skilful professionals for the Business world. The focus of the institute is to provide management education to students to develop their complete personality and to make them world class leaders fit enough to make India the world leader. It is the part of the institute’s objective to provide adequate knowledge of business world through its management programmes.

The Institute offers innovative courses that have great employability and entrepreneurial opportunity. Students learn various aspects on Retail Management ranging from Retail Operations, Retail Communication, Retail Financial Management, Retail Store Planning, Resources and Merchandise Management. In Retail Management, students will also gain exposure to Franchises, Visual Merchandising, Store Management, Information Technology (online retailing) in retail and many other diverse domains.

We use the innovative teaching methodology; our methods of instructions are based on interactive learning system. We used to organize national and international industrial visits for maximum exposure and experiential learning. We have partnered with several learning institutions whose knowledge exchange curriculum building tools have helped us keeping the institute at par with the international standards and quality.

All the professional programmes offered at FDDI have been designed keeping in mind the conceptual grounding as well as practical knowhow requirements of the industry. The programme structure is designed by industry experts as well as renowned academicians to allow the proper infusion of theoretical rigour as well as the application part of it. FDDI has a very strong curriculum equivalent to the international standards. Our usefulness includes regular up gradation of our syllabus and training programmes to meet the latest requirement of the industry.

FDDI is the only institution of the country in its core area having prestigious certifications such as ISO 9001, ISO 14000 and ISO 17025 and tie-ups from the leading international organizations like PFI- Germany, SATRA-UK and top management and fashion design institutes such as as LDT, Nagold-Germany, ARS Sutoria-Italy, Thomas Bata University (TBU), Czech Republic which ensures international level of training in the campus and extends the scope of student/ faculty exchange programme in order to equip them to meet the challenges of globalization.

The Institute has an impeccable track record of 100% placement for all its pass outs in major Multinational and Indian companies like, Zara, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, Pantaloons, Lifestyle, Reliance, ITC, etc. FDDI alumni include VPs and CEOs of some of the renowned companies. FDDI students have been placed globally in countries like USA, UK, Germany, Hong Kong, Egypt, China, Singapore, UK, Middle East, Sri Lanka, South Africa etc.

Sandeep Gandhi