Pearl Academy, India's premier design, fashion and media institute, announced the launch of its new campus in Bangaluru. This will be the institute's fifth campus in India and the first in South India. Initially, Pearl Academy's flagship courses in fashion, communication design and product design will be offered to the first batch of students, expected in August 2020. The location is yet to be disclosed and will defiantly be within the main city.

Pearl Academy has been attracting considerable interest from industry, students and parents across Southern India for many years now. With its new Bangalore campus, the aspirants of creative courses will get a golden opportunity to avail the world class coaching. The campus will be equipped with premium facilities, state of art infrastructure and expert faculties ensuring a unique and enriching learning experience.

Speaking on the new venture, Bharat

Kharbanda, COO, Pearl Academy, says, "Every year, students from the south, come to our campuses in north and western India to enroll in various creative courses. With this expansion, we are looking forward to higher visibility in the region, and an increased accessibility for students from south India who are looking to pursue creative courses".

"Bengaluru has emerged as the storehouse of creative talent ­ and we look forward to seeing our first intake of students by August 2020." added Nandita Abraham, President Pearl Academy.

Pearl Academy is a top notch institution in the field and has established its leadership in fashion and design led courses. Furthermore, the academy provides students with international exposure via student exchange programs, summer work-shops and by attending master class educational programs with international faculty. Having alliances with industry bodies like Fashion Design Council of India, Association of Designers of India (ADI), Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID), Retailers Association of India (RAI) and brands like Asian Paints, Adobe, Amazon and so on, Pearl Academy ensures that its faculties and students get exclusive access to `industry in the classroom'.

Pearl Academy is the only Indian institute to feature in Business of Fashion's Top 25 Global Fashion School Rankings (Graduate) in 2017 and has been recognized as a Great Indian Institute 2018 by Forbes and Great Place to Study. It was also ranked as the best private fashion college in India for the fifth consecutive year in surveys of India Today and Outlook. The institute was also awarded the `Best Design Institute in India' by industry body ASSOCHAM for three years in a row in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and `Best Education Brands 2017' in Fashion Design Category by The Economic Times.