What are the career prospects in shoe designing?

Question: What is shoe-designing course? Please tell us about the major institutions also.

Devprakash Singh Rana, Agra

Answer: Designer products have a special importance in our thinking, our tastes and our likes and dislikes. Footwear can also be added to this list. Many institutions in the country are providing such world class training at governmental and private levels.
Some of the courses in footwear design includes -- long-term Post Graduate level Training Program such as Leather Goods And Accessory Design, Footwear Technology, Fashion Merchandising And Retail Management, Leather Goods And Accessory, etc are available along with diploma level courses (six months) such as Footwear manufacturing Technology are also available. Many institutes like Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI), Noida, AVI School of Fashion and Shoe Technology (Chandigarh), Central Footwear Training Institute (Agra),MSME Technology Development Centre (Chennai) offer specialized courses in this field.