| With global retail chains sourcing footwear from India, | | | | footwear from India, there is a huge opportunity for |
| there is huge opportunity for footwear experts | | | | footwear designers, technicians and managers. During |
| Familiarity with the fashion industry, broad knowledge | | | | the placement session held recently on campus, |
| of leather and an understanding of shoe engineering | | | | international luxury brand Louis Vuitton offered a |
| are some of the baseline skills for becoming a shoe | | | | package of Rs 5 lakh per annum. |
| technologist. India is the second largest footwear | | | | Familiarity with the fashion industry, illustration skills, and |
| producer after China, accounting for 14 percent of | | | | broad knowledge of textiles, leather and materials and |
| footwear production to 14.52 billion pairs. Footwear is | | | | an understanding of shoe engineering are some of the |
| the engine of growth of the leather industry, which | | | | baseline skills for becoming a shoe technologist. |
| currently account for an export value of U.S. 1.212 billion | | | | Proficiency with com- puter assisted design (CAD) |
| U.S. dollars, with significant participation of 41 percent of | | | | programmes and modelling software is also useful. In |
| total trade in leather from India. Given this fact, by | | | | addition, strong marketing skills, an ability to analyse |
| 2010-2011 the exports of footwear in India is expected | | | | trends and basic business acumen are important for |
| to reach U.S. 4.5 billion U.S. dollars, where global | | | | those wanting to start their own footwear lines. |
| exports leather goods reach U.S. 6.98 billion U.S. dollars, | | | | At present, many campuses of show engineering |
| in which footwear by itself represents a 65 percent | | | | operational at Noida and Fursatgunj (Rai Bareli). |
| share in total leather exports from India. Footwear is | | | | Besides these, there will be four new campuses at |
| expected to comprise about 60 percent of the total | | | | Chennai, Kolkata, Rohtak and Chhindwara functional |
| leather exports by 2011 over 38 percent in 2006-07. | | | | from the new session for shoe technologies. |
| With many global retail chains actively sourcing | | | | |