While choosing the career options for children, parents need to consider the child’s interest and aptitude, along with the scope and opportunities in any industry.
Generally parents are aware about conventional careers like engineering, medical, accounts, finance etc. But these fields are saturated today, as the supply of trained manpower is more than the demand. Whereas the unconventional careers in the design industry are much in demand with more than hundred specialization available for the students. Fresh design graduates earn between Rs 4 to 15 lakh per annum as a beginning, with a definite growth ahead.
To enter the design industry, one needs to test his/her aptitude, through a special design aptitude test. In this test, first the creativity quotient is identified and then the exact specialization option in design is suggested. This test should be ideally taken by students from class IX onwards.
NID (National Institute of Design) offers seven disciplines at graduate level and 17 disciplines at postgraduate level.
Various specialization like industrial design, communication design, textile and lifestyle accessory design, apparel design, IT integrated design, retail and strategic design management, etc are offered.
Other premier design schools are Symbiosis, MIT, Srishti, DSK, etc. Admissions to these design schools are purely on the basis of entrance exam of the individual school. There are 100 seats at NID and around 500 seats at the other design schools at graduate level.
NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology) offers specialization in apparel design, accessory design, textile design, footwear and knitwear design, fashion communication etc. There are 1,770 seats at the graduate level at NIFT. Pearl fashion school has 540 seats. There are around 3,000 seats considering all the fashion design schools in the country.
August is the month of new faces. After the hectic counseling sessions and orientation programmes came D-day of the much awaited NIFT freshers 2012. As things are always done in a different way in NIFT, so it was this year too. This time Harley Davidson was on fire sponsoring the fresher’s party of NIFT 2012. 
The first event was the Harley Davidson Stunt Show. Heavy motorbikes on display became very popular with the students who were fascinated by the crazy machines. There was a point of time when all the bikes were started together and gunned completely. The roar of these monsters could be heard in every corner of the campus. Crazy machines as I said.
A breathtaking gig by the rock band Dust Clinic left everybody pretty amazed. The band who was playing here for the first time was shocked by the great response they received from the students. The crowd was very supportive and went crazy singing and grooving to the beats of the band. The air guitars even left the band guitarists surprised.
Along with this , Hindustan Times sponsored fresh face2012. The talent pool that makes NIFT so proud came forward with its myriad colors. The challenges were accepted with a lot of enthusiasm, which left the best people with the titles of Mr. and Miss fresher. The winners were exclusively interviewed and became news the next day.
A career in animation and gaming is a popular trend nowadays. Animation is an emerging field where one can explore his or her creativity or power of imagination. It has not just remained in the periphery of movies and advertisements as the use of animation is being done in different kinds of professional fields.
Sectors including aviation, medical, information technology, architecture, hospitality, banking or insurance, use graphics extensively for professional presentations. However, the initial stages to building a career in animation is to study a course that includes hands-on modules and gives an insight into the finer aspects of this particular field.
Animation has become one of the most sought-after professional courses among the youth of India. Emphasis is on providing practical knowledge to students through their participation in live projects that helps in enhancing creativity. Also, this practice gives an opportunity to students in building their portfolio for a better career ahead.
