Rashmi Bhardwaj, Visting Faculty- NID

Fashion designing is the art of application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories. Fashion Technology includes the application of aesthetics to accessories and clothing with a technical bent. In other words the difference between both is'Fashion designing is the creative field in which trendy and appealing apparels or accessories are designed and fashion technology covers the manufacturing process and involves a wide usage of technology in the production of apparels. '
Basic educational qualification for both is class 12th and for
fashion technology you need to have PCM. For both you will be required to clear an entrance exam. After completion of theFashion Technology course, some of the job profiles you can apply for are:
Fashion Designers
Fashion Merchandising
Technical designer
Fashion coordinator
Quality control manager
After completion of the Fashion Designing course, some of the job profiles you can apply for are:
Clothing designers
Footwear designers
Accessory designers
Costume designers
Hope this clarified your doubt. All the best for your bright future.

Both institutes are entirely different from each other. NID is a premium design institute, offering B.Des and M.Des degree courses and NIFT is a premium fashion design and management institute, offering Diploma and Degree in B. Des, B.FTech M.Des M.FTech and MFM degree courses. Their courses are different from each other, except few like Textile design. NID courses are focused on particulars but NIFT courses cover broader study of any field. NID courses will lead you to a specific job, but NIFT can help you to choose multiple job options. NID has limited seats of 15 in most of their courses in 3 centers, but
NIFT is having minimum 30 seats in all of their courses in 15 centers (presently 15). Now last but the major difference is the fees, NIFT avg. Fees is 80-90 thousand Rupees per semester (for Indian resident), and
NID avg. Fees is double to NIFT per semester, varying center to center. So, "which institute is better" depends on what course you want to go for. If its fashion design then go for NIFT. If its product design go to NID. And if you are still not clear just go to their websites and see the courses and syllabus and you can also either call the institute for details or just visit it if possible. Visiting institutes before taking admission always helps to get a better idea of it.