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Pearl
Academy of Fashion and Bunka University, Japan Tie Up for Joint
Research Initiatives and Exchange Programmes
Pearl Academy of Fashion, (PAF), has joined hands with Japan’s
Bunka University for a joint research initiative and student / faculty
exchange programme . An MoU was signed between Satoshi Onuma , Vice
Chairman of Bunka University and A.K.G. Nair , Group Director of
PAF.
Faculty of both the institutions have shown keen interest in collaborative
research in fashion and first group of faculty members of PAF will
visit Bunka in January 2008 to explore possible areas of cooperation
in fashion industry research . The first group students of Japan
will visit India during the latter half of 2008 . The MoU aims to
establish a platform for knowledge exchange, exposing budding designers
to one of the Asia’s well- developed fashion industry and
sharing Bunka’s eight decade Experience in Indian Fashion
Education.
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Pearl
Academy to set up Residential Campuses in Chennai & Delhi by
2008
PAF Chairman Mr. Deepak Seth has donated 5-acres of land in Faridabad
near Delhi and 3 – acres of land in Sriperumbudur in Chennai
to develop full – fledged campuses for PAF by 2008. PAF is
actively working to expand into Mumbai & Kolkota also by 2009.
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| PAF
Jaipurias celebrate Valentine’s Day with a unique 3-D Card-Making
competition
PAF (Jaipur) students of all courses and all levels of Fashion
Design Indian Wear, Fashion Retail, Jewellery Design and Fashion
Design showcased their creativity through 3-Dimensional Valentine’s
cards. Students used a myriad of colours and explored innovative
materials such as feather, aluminum sheets, jute, fresh flowers
etc. to give the 3-D effect. They presented a collection of more
than 60 Valentine ’s Day cards.
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how PAF Delhi celebrated Valentine’s Day PAF
Delhi decided to do away with their usual music and dance party,
roses and cakes and celebrated Valentine’s Day for a cause.
An initiative driven by the student’s cultural body - Plan
Clan, PAF collaborated with an NGO called Goonj. Goonj is actively
involved in developmental work for the underprivileged. PAF family
collected and donated 100 kgs of flour, 35 kgs of rice, Rs 3100
in cash, 5 kgs of pulses, 12 new sarees for women and new clothes
for men, loads of old clothes, shoes, books, 30 kgs of newspaper
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Academy Jaipur Campus wins the Cityscape Architectural Review Awards
PAF’s upcoming Jaipur - Kukas campus
has been recently awarded the Cityscape Architectural Review Award
in Environment Category. The International awards were a part of
cityscape -the largest B2B event in the global real estate industry.
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| Pearl
Academy – Chennai hosts HR & Retail Conclave - “Empowering
Retail Man Power” Pearl Academy of Fashion –
Chennai hosted HR & Retail Conclave -“Empowering Retail
Man Power”, a two day Retail Conclave and Job Fair for students
in Chennai on February 22nd and 23rd ’08 .
The Chief speakers of the programme were :
- Mr. Sanjay Jog - Future Group Head HR
- Mr. Ramesh Narayanan - VP Reliance (fresh)
- Mr. Raja - Spencer Daily’s Director Operations
- Mr. Premath - Organisational Learning, Lifestyle International
- Mr. Brajesh Singh Rawath - Category Head Knits & Accessories
– Colorplus
- Mr. Haneef Sattar - Director - Genesis basics & Mr. A.
K. G. Nair – Group Director, Pearl Academy of Fashion.
PAF organized this 2 day training programme especially for the
students interested in taking a career in fashion retail. With this
workshop, for the first time in South India, PAF brought together
students from the areas of Fashion & Retail, Home science and
Textile & Management who have a flair for a career in retail.
Day one of the programme witnessed speakers from the retail industry
addressing students on emerging trends in fashion and exchanged
views about the future of fashion branding. Day Two witnessed potential
students interacting face-to-face with the future employers.
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| Pearl
Academy of Fashion hosts PGCHE CONVOCATION - First design institute
in the country to institutionalize pedagogic qualifications
Lauding Pearl Academy of Fashion’s (PAF) commitment to institutionalize
and mandate pedagogic qualifications for its faculty, Prof V.N.
Rajasekharan Pillai, Chairman, Distance Education Council and Vice
Chancellor, IGNOU stated in his Convocation address “To me,
no investment in faculty resource - is nill investment in education”.
Prof Pillai was addressing the first Convocation of PAF’s
Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) programme.
“It is extremely important for higher education institutes
like Pearl Academy of Fashion to invest in capacity building of
faculty by way of qualifications, using e technology into teaching
and learning, skill up-gradation and international exposure to pedagogic
techniques,” said Prof Pillai.
Mr A K G Nair, in his opening remarks stated, “With this
Convocation, PAF becomes the first design institute in the country
to have faculty in higher education with formal pedagogic qualifications.
PGCHE, the eighteen-month programme, jointly launched by Pearl Academy
of Fashion, India (PAF) and the Nottingham Trent University, UK
in 2006 was designed for the development of faculty as reflective
practitioners. Its main focus was on the study of education and
teaching and learning; and an extensive use of online e-learning
and e-assessment techniques.”
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| Pearl
Academy of Fashion and WRAP present a one-day Workshop on Social Compliances
The customers, the general public, interest groups and
governments are exerting increasing pressures on the manufacturing
/ retailing organizations to demonstrate their commitment to ethical
purchasing. In response, many businesses have adopted WRAP (Worldwide
Responsible Apparel Production) principles to specify fair and safe
conditions for their products and services. Pearl Academy of Fashion
(PAF) and WRAP jointly presented a one-day compliance workshop on
23rd February at PAF Naraina Campus, New Delhi.
Mr Avedis Seferian, Director of Compliance Administration, WRAP,
who is also a licensed attorney in Virginia and member of the American
Bar Association delivered this training workshop module.
The workshop presented an overview of local and national law; social
compliance system and social and ethical issues faced by organizations.
It dwelled on how to establish, maintain and implement a social
compliance system & benefits of social systems certified company.
Compliance Managers and Production Managers of organizations including
House of Pearl Fashions Limited, Orient Craft, Radhik Exports, TCNS
and few more attended this workshop.
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