Govind Kumar Singh

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Govind Kumar Singh
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Nationality Indian
Education National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
Occupation(s) Fashion designer, assistant professor
Website govindkumarsingh.com
Model in a Govind Kumar Singh's design (Spring Summer 2013 collection) at Bangalore Fashion Week RAINUSH By Govind Kumar Singh2 Winter Festive 2015.JPG
Model in a Govind Kumar Singh's design (Spring Summer 2013 collection) at Bangalore Fashion Week

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.

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Early life and career

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, 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

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]

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References

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