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Fashion Designing is a professional course that covers a wide range of patterns, styles, fabrics, colours, and trends. The field isnt just limited to trends and clothes but also comprises accessories, footwear, and handbags. So, a candidate needs a combined study of these aspects.
To become succeeded & well placed in Industry, definitely advanced Curriculum of the University (as per Industry Standard), Comprehensive rather systematic guidance by the experienced faculty & regular Industry oriented seminars / workshops matters a lot.
Being alumni of Lovely Professional University, I must say LPU will fulfill all your University selection clauses in best way.
Some of the Unique features I would like to mention about School of Fashion, LPU:-
1. Availability of international forecast WGSN for trend forecasting.
2. Latest machinery & soft wares to keep students at the cutting edge of technology.
3. In B. Design (Fashion) the students are provided with an opportunity to showcase their design collection through an Annual Graduating Fashion show.
4. The various programs of the dept. are supported by materials like books of various international publishers, state of the art labs and design studios.
5. The emphasis is on self-motivated learning by using creativity, exploring techniques & innovating new applications in fashion
Area or Fields studied: Basic sketching skills, Fashion drawing, Apparel manufacturing process, Fundamentals of Textile Science, Technical design development using Graphic tools like Adobe Photoshop, Corel draw, Adobe illustrator, Macro media Flash and CAD/CAM. Fashion accessories (Costume Jewellery, Bags, Hats, etc.), Garment construction, Pattern making.
Some of the alumni who are well placed :-
LPU students have been placed in well-reputed national as well as international clothing brands like H & M, acquiring 14 Lakhs + per annum pay package.
Genesis, a premium brand under Reliance Retail selected 6 students at an average pay package of 4 lac Per annum.
SatyaPaul selected 4 students @ the average package of 4 lac Per annum. Satya Paul is Indias premier designer label with an international presence.
Marks & Spencer one of the leading global brands selected 5 students of graduation and post-graduation @ 5.5 Lakh p.a. during campus placement drive.
School of Design alumni are working in best design houses like Anshul Rajwansh (Delhi), Archana Kochhar (Mumbai), Sabeena Bani Ahuja (Singapore), Aslam Khan (Delhi) etc.

The qualification for the NET exam is minimum 55% marks in Masters degree from any recognized university or institute of India.
As you have completed the MA in History, if you have got more than 55% marks in your Masters degree than you can surely apply for the NET exam.
There is 5% percentage relaxation for the reserved category candidates.
I found a blog where, you can check the complete eligibility criteria in detail from the link given below:
https://scoop.eduncle.com/ugc-net-exam-eligibility check in details here.
The NET exam is conducted for the selection of the candidates for assistant professor posts or junior research fellowship in top most institutes of India.
There is no age limit for the assistant professor posts while candidates applying for Junior Research Fellowship should be below 28 years old.
Also you can check official website for more detail about the latest information regarding the NET exam.

Based on 12th marks, you can apply for B.Sc, BA or B.Com depending on your base stream in 11th and 12th. In science stream, if you have managed to take up the entrance exam already for engineering or medical then the path further is clear. 12th marks and entrance exams are the basic eligibility for engineering and medical. If not, you could consider B.Sc, or BA in various subjects. In B.Sc, you may want to pursue IT, PCM, physiotherapy, nursing, food technology and nutrition.
If you have arts as the background then you could take up BA in journalism or languages, economics, political Science, history, etc. If you are from commerce stream, then B.Com is a good start. You may want to consider qualifications like ICWA and CA too for a better hold.