Forms downloaded from NID’s website, along with required amount of DD drawn in favour of National Institute of Design, payable at Ahmedabad will also be accepted. Forms at concessional rates to reserved categories are available only from NID directly.

Select Branches of Bank of India

Ahmedabad Bhadra, Paldi, Bangalore Kempegowda Road, Bhopal Marwari Road, Jumerati, Bhubaneshwar Janapath, Chandigarh Sector 17, Chennai Errabalu Chetty Street, Coimbatore Oppanakara Street, Dehradun Rajpura Road, Delhi Janpath, Hauz Khas, Durgapur Nachan Road, Guwahati Kamarpatty, Hyderabad Nampally Station Road, Indore Santa Bazar, Jaipur Mirza Ismail Road, Jamshedpur Bistepur, Kanpur Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kochi Shanmugham Road, Kolkata Netaji Subhash Road, Manicktolla, Kozikode Silk Street, Lucknow Nawal Kishore Road, Mumbai Nariman Point, Dadar-Portuguese Church, Panaji Rua De Ormuz, Patna Fraser Road, Pondicherry J. Nehru Street, Pune Dr. Goyaji Road, Ranchi Albert Ekkachowk, Rohtak Hissar Road, Rourkela Sector 19, Shillong Police Bazar, Simla The Mall, Srinagar Maulana Azad Road, Surat Kanpith, Lal Gate, Thiruvananthapuram University, Udaipur Nyay Marg, Vadodara Raopura, Vishakhapatnam Valtair Main Road.

For the academic year 2007-2008 the last date for receiving the completed application forms is 30 November 2006.

All candidates fulfilling the requirements of minimum qualification and within the prescribed age limit will be called for the Design Aptitude Tests to be conducted at 12 centres viz Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, and Mumbai (NID reserves its right to cancel any of these test centres/education programmes). Dates of these tests will be 6th January 2007 for Post-graduate Diploma Programme in Design and 7th January 2007 for Graduate Diploma Programme in Design. Hall ticket/Call Letter will be posted by 20 December 2006 Those who do not receive the call letters by the end of December 2006 may get in touch with NID’s Admissions Unit.

Admission is on the basis of NID’s method of selection, which extends beyond the students previous academic qualifications. The NID Admission Committee systematically seeks evidence of the perception, attitudes, aptitudes, and achievement motivation essential for a challenging and satisfying design career. The objectives of the tests and the interviews is to ascertain these. The tests at the various centres will consist of design aptitude tests. Based on scores obtained from these tests, shortlisting of candidates to be called for second phase will be done.

The second phase of the admission procedure will be studio tests followed by interviews at Ahmedabad. Studio tests/interviews for the Graduate Diploma Programme is scheduled from 26 April to 3 May 2007 and for the Post-graduate Diploma Programme from 1 May to 17 May 2007 Call letters for this phase will be posted by 6 March 2007. This information will also be available on NID’s website <www.nid.edu>. All those called for the second phase are required to attend the studio tests and interview, which completes the process of selection. The procedures grades and weightage for each year will be decided by the Admission Committee for the year.

The norms for the selection are the sole prerogative of the Admission Committee and the decision of the Admission Committee and the Management in any of the matters concerning the admission process and selection will be final. Any direct or indirect attempt to influence the admission committee/or its members, academic office bearers or management will lead to automatic disqualification of the candidate.

Number of seats

Intake into the Graduate Diploma Programme is projected to be 75 and for the Post-Graduate Diploma Programme is 200. Number of seats for each discipline may vary at the time of final selection.

For both GDPD and PGDPD, the Institute will draw separate waiting lists with approximately ten percent of the total number of seats available.

Registration

Candidates accepted for admission will be intimated by 26th May 2007. They are required to pay fees for the entire academic year (by Bank Draft in favour of the National Institute of Design payable at Ahmedabad along with their letters of acceptance as well as the rules and regulations duly endorsed by them and by their parents or guardians. These documents and the payment must reach the Institute by the date as indicated in the offer letter. In case the Institute does not receive the letter of acceptance and the payment as aforesaid, by the date indicated, the offer of admission will stand withdrawn and the available seats will be offered to those in the waiting list. Candidates who are waiting for the results of their qualifying examinations will be offered provisional admission into the programme. The Graduate Diploma Programme students are admitted only into the Foundation Programme and their entry into different design domains is not automatic. On successful completion of the Foundation Programme, the final decision on the specific design domain will be recommended by the Semester Jury. All students are required to be present for the Orientation Programme and no exceptions can be made. Failure to be present at the Orientation programme may mean an automatic withdrawal by NID of its admission offer. Students who leave the Institute after joining will forfeit the entire tuition fees and other charges and will get only the refundable deposits. Existing students who wish to register in subsequent semesters will have to do so by paying their semester fees according to the academic calendar. Fees are payable by Demand Draft or in Cash before the commencement of each semester. In exceptional cases, the Institute may allow a student two weeks’ time from the due date, to pay fees with a late fee of Rs.1000. If the fees remain unpaid even after these two weeks he/she will cease to be a student. Students who leave NID or who are asked to leave NID for whatever reasons will not be entitled to any refund of fees. A student can be given leave of absence for a maximum period of one academic year on health grounds or other exceptional circumstances. During this period the student will have to pay his/her tuition fee for the entire year.

Evaluation

In view of benchmarking NID’s academic activities internationally, the Institute has introduced the `Academic Credit Based Evaluation System’ as a part of its structure from the academic year 2002. The system comprises credits and performance evaluation through grading, wherein the students are required to earn the prescribed number of credits indicated for the respective academic programme as well as perform to the established level of performance set by the institute for successful completion of the professional education programme at NID. The students’ performance is assessed at several stages of the Programme, viz. individual course evaluation, semester-end jury, peer group/general presentations and diploma jury.

Extracurricular activities
The Faculty-student Consultative Forum meets atleast 3 to 4 times in a semester to discuss academic matters of importance. The Student Activity Committee functions through its various committees, dealing with the Canteen, Sports, Entertainment, and through groups which plan social and cultural events. Recreational facilities for net games and campus fitness centre are provided by the Institute.

Reservation for candidates

Prescribed percentage of seats are reserved for candidates belonging to various reserved categoires as per the Government of India norms in force.

Important Dates

Issuing of Forms starts from - 9 October 2006
Last date for obtaining forms from BOI- 24 November 2006
Last date for issuing of form by post from NID - 24 November 2006
Last date for receiving completed forms by NID - 30 November 2006
Design Aptitude Test for PGDPD (at all centres) - 06 January 2007
Design Aptitude Test for GDPD (at all centres)- 07 January 2007

(NID reserves its right to cancel any of these test centres or educational programmes offered)

For admission information please contact:

Admissions Unit
Academic Office
National Institute of Design
Paldi, Ahmedabad 380 007, India
Tel: +91-79 26623692, Direct No. 2662 3462 Fax : 26621167
Email: admissions@nid.edu

PG Campus (NID )
GH 0 Extension Road,
Nr. Infocity, Gandhinagar
Phone: 079 23244515/23244765
Fax: 079 23244518
e-mail: pgcampus@nid.edu

Bangalore Centre
B 112, Rajaji Nagar Industrial
Estate, Bangalore 560 044
Phone: (080) 2335 9873 / 23387534
Fax: (080) 2338 7534
e-mail: nidbc@dataone.in

R & D Campus
National Institute of Design
R & D Campus
#12 HMT Link Road, Off Tumkur Road
Bangalore 560 022
Phone: (080) 23373006 / 23373276
Fax: (080) 23373086

Delhi Centre
Core 6A, 3rd Floor, India Habitat Centre,
Lodhi Road,
New Delhi 110 003
Phone: (011) 2469 2846 (D)
e-mail: niddc@nda.vsnl.net.in