Govind Kumar Singh is an Indian fashion designer. He has appeared in two series of Let's Design, a television reality show, on Zoom and won the 2011 series.
Govind Kumar Singh | |
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| Born | Supaul district, Bihar, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) |
| Occupation(s) | Fashion designer, assistant professor |
| Website | govindkumarsingh |
Early life and career edit
Singh is from the Supaul district of Bihar.[1] He graduated from the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Bangalore, India.[2] As of 2015[update], he was appointed as assistant professor, fashion design, at the NIFT campus in Shillong.[3] In 2012–13 he conducted skills development programmes related to fashion design for the rural women of Assam.[4]
Recognition edit
Singh's label, Rainush, was launched soon after he had success in a television competition.[5] He won the reality-based competition Let's Design in 2011. As with all the other competitors in the series, he had to work with cotton to design an haute couture collection.[6] In 2010 he won the Most Creative and Innovative Design Collection Award[2] in the NIFT Graduation Fashion show. He also won an award for the best prêt-à-porter garment in the first season of Let's Design, 2009.[7]
References edit
- ^ Indo Asian News Service (25 February 2011). "My success will encourage youth in Bihar: Designer Govind Singh". Yahoo! India News. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Personality of the month — Govind Kumar Singh". School of Styling. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011.
- ^ "Academics: B. Des. (Fashion Design)". National Institute of Fashion Technology. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ http://www.nift.ac.in/Downloads/annualreport_13_14.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Gupta, Namita (8 August 2015). "Catwalk and the City". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Creativity with cotton at its best". Cotton Council International (press release). 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ "Let's Design presents three promising designers". Models n Trends. 9 March 2009. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.