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Ans: Hello Nikhil
If your daughter has a passion for designing or product designing then let her pursue it through NID. It will be great. She will get good exposure, network & placement as well.

Ans: Accessories design a niche in itself and fashion communication is quite a broad stream. If your daughter is creative and enjoys hands- on process, then accessories design might be right. If she is more of a people's person with a creative bent of mind, I recommend Fashion communication. Fashion communication will help her diversify later into any consumer industry and will keep her options open (only if she likes it).

Now, as for NIFT, the degree itself takes you places. After a point in career, your college (from where you completed the studies) really does not matter. The skill set, overall confidence matters. For any college, do look for campus placement record and ask for recent graduates employment data from the placement officer.

Ans: There are private institutes in India that offer programs in product design and VFX, and the best option to consider is:

Gaming and Metaverse Design: This has to be the best course for your daughter. It's one of the 1st ever industry-certified gaming & metaverse design course. The course will teach both product design and VFX so once your daughter graduates from the course, you can take the decision or let her decide which one out of the 2 to choose.

The course also comes with a 100% job guarantee and is in a fast-growing industry. The metaverse industry is expected to become a $1 trillion industry by 2030 so getting your daughter early into this reap rewards in the long term.

In terms of whether product design or VFX is a better field, it ultimately depends on your daughter's interests and career goals. Both fields have promising career prospects in the Metaverse industry and offer unique opportunities for creative expression.

Product design would involve designing virtual or immersive environments in metaverse platforms like Roblox or Decentraland, creating mini-games in Metaverses, and creating Augmented or virtual reality experiences and/or NFTs (non-fungible tokens).

VFX involves creating special effects and animations in virtual environments. If your daughter is interested in both fields, she may want to consider enrolling in the course - "Gaming and Metaverse Design" to explore both these options. Learning about both or doing an internship will help the both of you to decide which route to take.