The new Fashion Design College, which was inaugurated by deputy commissioner Manish Ranjan, started functioning at the Holy Cross Social Campus here to provide training to families belonging to the weaker section of the society.

The college has been designated as the ATDC Fashion Designing College and follows the courses of the IGNOU Community College Training courses. Speaking on the occasion, Ranjan said that 25 girls from BPL families of different villages have been selected and admitted in this newly opened Fashion Designing College at Hazaribag. The girls who wanted to obtain training in fashion designing, particularly for designing various dresses, will be immensely benefited from this training as there was little scope for such training in places like Hazaribag. Ranjan said all of them would be provided training here free and with a monthly stipend of Rs 1,000. He said that this programme would be linked to centrally sponsored Swarna Jayanti Rojgar Yojana which is in force throughout the country.


He said all the trainees, on completion of the course, will get 100% placement with reputable companies. The DC said ATDC is one of the biggest vocational training centres in the country and played a significant role in providing employment, including self-employment to lakhs of people in the country and abroad.