With fashion becoming a fast-growing and lucrative business, noted hair stylist Jawed Habib has decided to set up a hair academy in Hyderabad.

The institute will offer short-term courses in gents' hair styling, colouring, hair straightening, skin assessment and professional grooming, Habib said.

The courses will be offered to both professional and amateurs, he said, adding the institute would have its branches at Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam. New Delhi-based Jawed Habib Hair and Beauty Ltd operates a chain of hair and beauty studios and also has a range of herbal cosmetics.