National Institute of Fashion Technology, Hyderabad

Yes you can apply for it

Visit the National Institute of Ocean Technology official portal @ niot. Res. In
The selection of the posts of Project Scientists and Research Fellows will be based on the performance in the Interview (Online/ Offline)
In respect of the other posts, the selection will be based on the marks obtained in the Written Test/ Trade/ Skill test (Online/ Offline). The skill test will be of qualifying nature.

Bachelor Design is a 4 year professional UG course offerings various specializations like fashion designing, industrial design, textile design, product design and many more. Fashion technology is essentially any innovative tech that creates contemporary tools for the industry, whether they improve fashion production or consumption.

As per the eligibility criteria of NIFT candidate should have Passed the Plus 2 level examination in the 10+2
pattern of examination of any recognised Central/ State Board of Secondary Examination, such as
Central Board of Secondary Education / State Board New Delhi / Council for Indian School of Certificate
Examination, New Delhi. So you can take admission in the asked NIFT.

NIFT entrance examination is Institutional based examination which will only help you to get into NIFT whereas UCEED is a common Entrance Examination which is accepted by many design colleges and universities. So if you plan to get into only NIFT then you do have to give NIFT Entrance Exam but if you plan to apply in many universities then UCEED is a better option as you'll have many university choices and you can get admission on the basis of UCEED score.