Pearl Academy Hosts Creative Career Conclave in Kolkata

Pearl Academy Hosts Creative Career Conclave in Kolkata

Pearl Academy, India’s leading institution in design, fashion, business and media, today organized ‘Creative Career Conclave’ in the city for students and parents. The conclave provided an interactive platform for discussing opportunities and courses available for careers in creative fields. Pearl Academy, which is the only Indian educational institute to be ranked among the top 25 fashion schools globally by Business of Fashion and has been judged as the Best Design Institute by Assocham for 3 years in a row, arranged a discussion on career paths available in various creative domains. Pearl Academy’s Head - School of Fashion, Antonio Maurizio Grioli; Head – School of Media, Ujjwal Chowdhury; Brand Consultant Nitish Verghese, RJ & Radio Producer Smriti Singh and Alumni Sohini Basu were part of the discussions.

Pearl Academy has commenced its admission process for the academic year 2018-19. The entrance test will be held on April 28 in Kolkata. The last date of application is April 23. The academy has recently introduced new UG and PG courses in Media & Communication and Advertising & Marketing and 50% Merit Scholarship on Tuition Fee for these new courses is available to select students. Details are available on Pearl Academy’s website - www.pearlacademy.com.

Commenting on the event, Antonio Maurizio Grioli – Head School of Fashion, Pearl Academy said, “Pearl Academy students have become hot favourite among big brands and designers. We started this year on a high as we signed up with Manish Arora as our ideation partner. Our fashion students get international exposure when they intern with established designers, assisting them at Paris Fashion Week, Milan, New York, etc Through the Creative Career Conclave, we intend to make students and parents aware of the opportunities available after creative education. We have had many students from this region and all are doing extremely well.”

Our Alumni Sohini Basu is a fashion designer turned stylist. After working with designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee for 3 years in Kolkata in his design team, she started her own label “Sohini”. She has been associated with prestigious styling projects like Star Bharat's serial ‘Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki’. Having already worked with Shoojit Sircar, she is currently pursuing her interest in styling for movies & entertainment industry.

 

In addition, Pearl Academy also organized a principal’s meet to make the heads of various schools aware of new age careers. The topic of panel discussion was “Education for Tomorrow - Making students ready for 21st Century”. Pearl Academy’s newly launched 360-degree comprehensive learning-based model – Total Learning System (TLS), was also discussed at this forum. TLS aims to ensure that every student gets the right opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and is motivated to embrace change, set trends and lead the change as an innovator and leader of the future.

Pearl Academy, India’s leading institution in design, fashion, creative businesses and media studies has been a catalyst for the success of the students across creative industries for over two decades. With a legacy of 25 years, Pearl Academy offers over 30 uniquely designed under-graduate, post-graduate and professional development courses through its campuses in Delhi, Noida, Jaipur and Mumbai. Its reputation of preparing ‘Industry ready’ professionals has been recognized by leading fashion, retail and design brands, which has helped in establishing a healthy track record of over 95 per cent placement in the last three years. Its path-breaking alliances with renowned bodies such as the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) and Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID) have ensured that its faculty and students get an exclusive access to ‘industry in the classroom’.

In 2017, Pearl Academy was ranked as the best private fashion college in India for the fourth consecutive year by India Today – AC Nielson survey, The Week – Hansa Survey and Outlook – Drshti Survey. The institution was awarded the ‘Best Design Institute in India’ 2016 and 2017 by industry body ASSOCHAM. Jaipur campus of the academy was ranked as one of the most beautiful college campuses in India by India Today. The institution was also awarded as ‘Best Education Brands 2017’ in Fashion Design Category by The Economic Times. Pearl Academy is the only Indian institute to feature in Business of Fashion’s Top 25 Global Fashion School Rankings 2017 (Graduate). Pearl Academy is a member of Laureate International Universities Network, a global network that has presence in 25 countries and is serving more than one million students globally. The Academy is also closely associated with renowned global institutions such as London College of Fashion (England), Domus Academy (Italy), Media Design School (New Zealand) and NABA (Milan) amongst many others. For more information, please visit www.pearlacademy.com