NIFT Chennai was ranked 5th among 'Top 10 Fashion Institutes' by The India Today-Nielsen Survey, 2016. The intake of students is only 30 in each course. Placement records were good. The major recruiting companies are: >Snapdeal >Future Group >Lifestyle Group >Meena Bazar >Amazon >Flipkart >Oracle >Reliance Trends >Vishal Megamart >Max Retail >Incredible Technologies Average package: Rs. 7.5 LPA. usually, freshers are paid low. Students are required to intern in relevant spheres under the guidance of both the parent department as well as the industrial organisations. Depending on the course and semester, students have are mandated to intern for a period of 2-14 weeks towards the partial fulfilment of their curriculum. The Graduation/Research projects for final year students involves internships spanning 16-22 weeks depending on the course. Students interact in real-time with the industry to collaborate and identify problems as well as feasible solutions.