Usha International, India’s leading sewing machine brand, has felicitated the ‘NIFT Best Garment Construction Award 2024’ winner at the Graduation Showcase of the 2024 batch in Shillong. Usha has been conferring this prestigious award annually since 2000 to acknowledge and encourage budding fashion designers with exceptional talent and skills.
The award is being given to students of fashion design graduating across 16 NIFT centres that include Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Gandhinagar, Bengaluru, Chennai, New Delhi, Kannur, Kangra, Patna, Panchkula, Shillong, Srinagar, Rae Bareli, Bhubaneswar, and Jodhpur for the year 2024.
This year, Sawakani War was presented with a Usha Janome Allure DLX automatic sewing machine, a certificate, and a cash prize of INR 10,000 as part of the prize at the Graduation Showcase of the 2024 batch in Shillong. The event featured a gathering of fashion designers, NIFT faculty, and NIFT students, together with their families. Talking about the association, Usha’s spokesperson said, “At Usha, we are committed to nurturing young talent in the fashion industry by providing them with the tools and support they need to excel.”
