Admissions 2022-23 Handbook

Bachelor of Design (B.Des.)

- at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
- at National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh
- at National Institute of Design, Haryana
- at National Institute of Design, Madhya Pradesh
- at National Institute of Design, Assam

Last date for submitting online application:

1600 hrs. Tuesday, 30 November 2021

Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims

Sunday, 02 January 2022

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Note:
● This handbook is only available as an online digital download.
● Changes and updates to this document, if any, will be highlighted only on the official NID admissions website
(https://admissions.nid.edu).
● Candidates are advised to download this handbook only from the official NID admissions website and check for any updates on
the website before submitting their application.

Published on: 05 October 2021

© NID Admission Cell, Ahmedabad 2021

All courses at NID are taught in English.

Candidates must satisfy all the eligibility criteria stipulated in this handbook in order to be eligible for admission.

Records of exam-related documents will be retained by NID only for a period of one year from the date of declaration of
the final result.

The courts and tribunals in Ahmedabad alone shall have exclusive jurisdiction to entertain and settle any dispute or claim
regarding admission to NID.

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Table of Contents
SECTION PAGE NO.

1. General Information 04

2. Important Dates 05

3. Eligibility Criteria 06

4. Reservation of Seats 09

5. How to Apply 16

6. Design Aptitude Tests 21

7. Announcement of Results 23

8. Other Information 26

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1. General Information
National Institute of Design (NID) at Ahmedabad with its extension campuses at Gandhinagar
& Bengaluru, is an ‘Institute of National Importance’ as per the NID Act 2014 as well as an
autonomous Institute under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
(DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. As per the NID Act 2014, the
Institute is a statutory authority empowered to award its own degrees— presently offering
Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) of four-year duration, Masters of Design (M.Des.) of two-and-a-
half year duration and PhD in Design. The Institute is also a member of the Association of
Indian Universities (AIU).

NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh & NID Assam are independent
autonomous institutes under the DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of
India and offer full time four year Bachelors Programme in Design (B.Des.).

Admissions to all the programmes at NID is based on the candidates’ performance in the
two-stages of Design Aptitude Test viz. DAT Prelims & DAT Mains. The objective of these
exams is to assess the knowledge, skills and behavioural abilities of the candidates.

Stage 1: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims

Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims will be conducted at various test centres across India
(Refer Section 6.3 of this Admissions Handbook). Candidates should note that appearing for
the DAT Prelims or being shortlisted for the second stage of the admission process does NOT
guarantee automatic entitlement to admission.

Stage 2: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Mains

Candidates shortlisted after the DAT Prelims will be invited to appear for the Stage 2 DAT
Mains. Exact details of the Test Centre will be mentioned in the DAT Mains Admit Card.

Note:
● Candidates are fully and solely responsible to provide correct information during the application
process. If it is found that any information provided by the candidate at the time of filling /
submitting the application form is not true, NID has the right to cancel the application or
admission, at any stage, in accordance with its rules and regulations. Any direct or indirect
attempt to influence the management and employees of the Institute will lead to automatic
disqualification of the candidate.
● The Institute has the sole prerogative to determine the procedure for each cycle of admission. In
case of any matter not covered in this handbook, NID’s decisions shall be considered final and
binding to all the parties concerned.

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2. Important Dates*
Admission Stage Dates

1 Accepting Application Form online starts Tuesday, 05 October 2021

2 Last date for submitting online application 1600 hrs. Tuesday, 30 November 2021

3 Submission of online application with 1600 hrs. Wednesday, 01 December 2021

payment of late fees to 1600 hrs. Sunday, 05 December 2021

4 Window to edit the application forms 1600 hrs. Monday, 06 December 2021 to
1600 hrs. Monday, 13 December 2021

5 Download Admit Cards for DAT Prelims ** Thursday, 23 December 2021

6 DAT Prelims Exam Sunday, 02 January 2021

7 DAT Prelims result Will be announced later

8 Information regarding DAT Mains Will be announced later

Note:
The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme Applied
in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered Email ID) at the
time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her applied category during
the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application form fees will have to be paid by
the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.

*NID reserves the right to change/alter this schedule due to unforeseen circumstances.

** Admit Cards will be available for download on the NID website (https://admissions.nid.edu) as per
the schedule. It is the responsibility of the candidates to download and print their own Admit Cards.
Reporting time will be mentioned in the DAT Prelims Admit Card.

Depending on the prevailing pandemic situation of COVID-19, the schedules as well as the
nature/structure of the exams can change, and all tests can be conducted entirely online or
entirely offline or in a combination of both modes at the discretion of the Institute.

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3. Eligibility Criteria
3.1 Bachelor of Design (B.Des.)
All candidates applying for the B.Des. must fulfill the eligibility criteria of both age and
education qualification as under.

Age Limit:
● For Indian Nationals in General Category and General EWS Category: Only those
candidates born on or after 1 July 2002 are eligible to apply for admission.
● For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBC-
NCL), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST): Only those candidates born on or after
1 July 1999 are eligible to apply for admission.
● For Indian Nationals in PwD Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after
1 July 1997 are eligible to apply for admission.
● For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born
on or after 1 July 2002 are eligible to apply for admission.

Educational Qualification:
Applications for academic year 2022–23 are open to candidates who have passed or will
appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the academic year 2021–22 in
any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, Humanities etc.) from any recognized board of
education such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or equivalent.

Examinations considered equivalent to these are as follows:

● Final examination of the 10+2 system under a Central or State Board recognized by the
Association of Indian Universities (AIU, Refer http://www.aiu.ac.in).
● Intermediate or two-year pre-University examination under a Board or University
recognized by the Association of Indian Universities.
● Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National
Defence Academy.
● Senior Secondary School examination under the National Institute of Open Schooling, with
a minimum of five subjects.
● Any public school, Board or University examination completed in India or in any foreign
country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian
Universities.
● H.S.C. vocational examination.
● General Certificate Education (GCE) examination at the Advanced (A) level taken in
London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka.

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 ● AICTE-approved three-year Full time Diploma after Class X offered by Board of Technical
Education of any state in India or Union Territories as mentioned on http://www.aicte-
india.org.
● Candidates who have completed final examinations for class XII (or equivalent)
outside India or from a Board not specified above should produce an equivalence
certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) confirming that the
examination they have passed is equivalent to the Class XII examination conducted in
India. This certificate is required to be submitted at the time of document verification.
Visit http://www.aiu.ac.in for more details about how to obtain an equivalence certificate.

3.2 Overseas Category (Supernumerary) candidates:

Foreign citizens—candidates holding citizenship of a country other than the Republic of
India—are eligible to apply only under the Overseas (supernumerary) category, provided they
fulfill all the eligibility criteria mentioned in Section 3.1.

In addition to the seats available for the B.Des. Programme, an additional 15% supernumerary
seats are available for Overseas candidates. The number of seats available in Overseas
(supernumerary) category is as under:

Programme No. of supernumerary seats

Bachelor of Design, NID Ahmedabad 19
Bachelor of Design, NID Madhya Pradesh+ 11
+ Amendments to the change in the number of seats in Overseas (supernumerary) category for each NID, if
any, will be updated on the official website https://admissions.nid.edu only in the Amendment Section of
this Handbook.

Note:
● Candidates under Overseas (supernumerary) category fall outside the ambit of seats
reserved for the GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories.
● Candidates under Overseas (supernumerary) category are required to pay the fees as per
the Overseas fees structure.
● Candidates holding OCI and PIO card will have to apply only under the Overseas
(supernumerary) category.
● Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) holding an Indian passport are not eligible to apply under the
Overseas (supernumerary) category and will have to apply as Indian nationals.
● Candidates will be offered admission to NID based on the final merit list of the Overseas
(supernumerary) category, which will be prepared after all the stages of the admission
process have been completed. Candidates will be offered admission to NID based on the
minimum qualifying criteria that will be announced later.

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● To accept the offer of admission, overseas candidates are required to produce the
following documents along with their self-attested photocopies:
- Self-attested copy of the relevant pages of their valid passport.
- Self-attested copies of their grade sheets/mark sheets of SSC (Grade X) and HSC
(Grade XII). Candidates in the process of completing their Grade XII must submit a
bonafide certificate from their school or college.
- An equivalence certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi,
will have to be obtained in advance and required to be submitted at the time of the
document scrutiny/in-person counselling, tentatively scheduled in May/June 2022.
● The candidate will be responsible for obtaining a student visa for the entire duration of
the programme at NID, before the commencement of the programme.
● If the selected candidates do not pay their programme fees or fail to produce any of the
required documents, or if they decline the offer of admission, their candidature will stand
cancelled and their seat will be offered to the next candidate in the order of merit under
Overseas category.
● Seats remaining vacant/unfilled in the Overseas (supernumerary) category will lapse and
will not be transferred to candidates from any other categories.
● Overseas candidates will have to appear for DAT Prelims and DAT Mains as per the
schedule mentioned in Section 2 of this document.
● Overseas candidates may choose their test centre for DAT Prelims from any of the test
centres mentioned in Section 6.3 of this document.
● The medium of instruction at NID is English language.

Important Note:
● Candidates must have passed their Class XII examination (higher secondary (10+2)) or
equivalent at the time of document scrutiny/in-person counseling tentatively scheduled in
May/June 2022.
● Candidates who have not passed their final board exam or equivalent before the
document scrutiny/in-person counseling will not be eligible for admission.

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4. Reservation of Seats
4.1. As per the norms of the Government of India, the total number of seats available (as
mentioned below) for Indian Nationals under the B.Des. programmes are classified into
different categories as mentioned below:
Seat Category Category of Eligible Candidates
Open GEN, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST,
GEN-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, OBC-
NCL-PwD, SC-PwD, ST-PwD
General- Economically Weaker Section (GEN-EWS) GEN- EWS and GEN-EWS-PwD
Other Backward Class-Non-Creamy Layer (OBC- OBC-NCL and OBC-NCL-PwD
NCL)
Schedule Caste (SC) SC and SC –PwD
Schedule Tribe (ST) ST and ST –PwD
Open—Persons with Disability (PwD) GEN-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD,
OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD, ST-PwD
Other Backward Class-Non-Creamy Layer— OBC-NCL-PwD
Persons with Disability (OBC-NCL-PwD)
Schedule Caste —Persons with Disability (SC-PwD) SC-PwD
Schedule Tribe—Persons with Disability (ST- PwD) ST-PwD

Foreign nationals applying under the Overseas category are outside the ambit of reservation
of seats for the GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories.

In accordance with the guidelines of the Government of India, the prescribed number of seats
reserved for each of these categories are as follows:

Category-wise reservation of seats+

Total No. GEN-EWS OBC-NCL Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe
Institute
of Seats (10%) (27%) (15%) (7.5%)
NID Ahmedabad 125 13 34 19 9
NID Andhra Pradesh 75 8 20 11 6
NID Haryana 75 8 20 11 6
NID Madhya Pradesh 75 8 20 11 6
NID Assam 75 8 20 11 6
+ Amendments to the change in the number of seats for each NID, if any, will be updated on the official
website https://admissions.nid.edu only in the Amendment Section of this Handbook.

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4.2. Reservation of seats for Economically Weaker Section (EWS):
General category belonging to the Economically Weaker Section (GEN-EWS) will be a reserved
category in which the percentage of reservation is 10%. The benefit of reservation will be
given only to those General category candidates who satisfy the condition given in the OM
No. 20013/01/2018-BC-II dated 17 January 2019 issued by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Department of Higher Education, Government of India.

The benefit of reservation under GEN-EWS can be availed upon production of an Income &
Asset Certificate issued by a Competent Authority. The Income and Asset Certificate issued
by any one of the following authorities in the prescribed format as available on the website
https://admissions.nid.edu shall only be considered valid.
(i) District Magistrate/Additional District Magistrate/ Collector/ Deputy Commissioner/
Additional Deputy Commissioner/ 1st Class Stipendiary Magistrate/ Sub-Divisional
Magistrate/ Taluka Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/ Extra Assistant Commissioner
(ii) Chief Presidency Magistrate/Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency
Magistrate
(iii) Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar and
(iv) Sub-Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/or his family normally resides.

The EWS certificate must be issued between 01 April 2021 and 31 March 2022, based on the
gross annual income of the financial year 2020-21 (as mentioned in the format available on
the website https://admissions.nid.edu in Download section).

Based on the information provided by the candidate in the application form while applying
online, the candidate will be provisionally allowed to appear for the DAT Prelims and
subsequent tests if shortlisted. It will be the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide /
upload valid certificates at the time of applying online.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme
Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered
Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her
applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application
form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be
made in the case of any category change.

The verification of the category certificate will be carried out after the DAT Prelims. During
verification if it is found that the GEN-EWS certificate of the candidate is not valid, then the
candidate will be moved to General category, and he/she will be considered as General
category candidate for further admissions process.

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 On verification, even after admissions, if the information/document/ category certificate
are found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of such candidate will summarily stand
cancelled.

NID’s decision will be final and binding. No further communication in this regard will be
entertained.
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4.3. Reservation of seats for Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy

Layer):
The name of the caste must be in the current Central list of OBCs available at:
http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/CentralListStateView.aspx and the format of the OBC-NCL
certificate must be as per the Central format (available on the website
https://admissions.nid.edu in Download section). If the caste of the OBC candidate is
mentioned in the state list, but not mentioned in the Central list, such candidates will not be
entitled to claim the benefit of reservation under OBC-NCL category.

Candidates belonging to the Creamy Layer of OBC are not entitled to apply under reserved
category (OBC-NCL) and will have to submit their application under General (unreserved)
category only.

Candidates applying under the OBC-NCL (Non-Creamy Layer) category are required to
produce / upload a valid certificate on their name in English language only (issued between 01
April 2021 and 31 March 2022, based on the gross annual income for the financial year 2020-
21) from the relevant competent authorities of their respective State or Union Territory,
certifying that they do NOT belong to the Creamy Layer along with the final application form.
For certificates that are not in the English language, the candidate is required to produce /
upload a notarized copy of the English version along with the original copy of the category
certificate.

Based on the information provided by the candidate in the application form while applying
online, the candidate will be provisionally allowed to appear for the DAT Prelims and
subsequent tests if shortlisted. It will be the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide /
upload valid certificates at the time of applying online.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme
Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered
Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her
applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application

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 form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be
made in the case of any category change.

The verification of the category certificate will be carried out after the DAT Prelims. During
verification if it is found that the OBC-NCL certificate of the candidate is not valid, then the
candidate will be moved to General category (provided the candidate has not availed age
relaxation benefit), and he/she will be considered as General category candidate for further
admissions process. In the case where the candidate has availed age relaxation benefit,
his/her candidature shall stand cancelled.

On verification, even after admissions, if the information/document/ category certificate

are found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of such candidate will summarily stand
cancelled.

NID’s decision will be final and binding. No further communication in this regard will be
entertained.

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4.4. Reservation of seats for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes:

The benefit of this reservation will be given only to candidates belonging to castes and tribes
mentioned in the central list published by the Government of India, which can be viewed at
the following web links:
http://socialjustice.nic.in/UserView/index?mid=76750
https://tribal.nic.in/ST/LatestListofScheduledtribes.pdf

Candidates applying under SC and ST categories are required to upload the relevant
caste/tribe certificate (in English language only) from the competent authorities of their
respective state, union territory or the National Commission of Tribes, valid at the time of
applying online. For certificates that are not in the English language, the candidate is required
to produce / upload a notarized copy of the English version along with the original copy of the
category certificate.

Based on the information provided by the candidate in the application form while applying
online, the candidate will be provisionally allowed to appear for the DAT Prelims and
subsequent tests if shortlisted. It will be the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide /
upload valid certificates at the time of applying online.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme
Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered
Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her

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 applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application
form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be
made in the case of any category change.

The verification of the category certificate will be carried out after the DAT Prelims. During
verification if it is found that the SC/ST certificate of the candidate is not valid, then the
candidature of such candidates will stand cancelled.

On verification, at any stage during the admission process or even after admissions, if the
information/document/ certificate is found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of
such candidate will stand cancelled.

NID’s decision will be final and binding. No further communication in this regard will be
entertained.
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4.5. Reservation of Seats for Persons with Disability (PwD):

Of all seats across Open, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC and ST categories, 5% of the seats are
reserved for Persons with Disability (PwD). Admission will be granted to the top 5% of the
candidates in the order of merit, irrespective of their parent category.

The benefit of reservation will be given only to those candidates with disability as described
by the Government of India under RPWD Act 2016.

If the disability certificate is issued after 1 June 2021, then the candidate should also submit
the disability certificate issued from the Unique Disability Identity Card Portal namely,
http://www.swavlambancard.gov.in as per the Gazette notification dated 5 May 2021 issued
by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Candidates seeking admission under this category are required to upload a valid Disability
Certificate issued by Competent Medical Authority as certified by the Government of India,
valid at the time of applying online. The formats of the certificate are available on the official
website of admissions https://admissions.nid.edu under the Download section.

Based on the information provided by the candidate in the application form while applying
online, the candidate will be provisionally allowed to appear for the DAT Prelims and
subsequent tests if shortlisted. It will be the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide /
upload valid certificates at the time of applying online.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme
Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered

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Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her
applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application
form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be
made in the case of any category change.

The verification of the category certificate will be carried out after the DAT Prelims. During
verification if it is found that the PwD certificate of the candidate is not valid, then the
candidature of such candidates will stand cancelled under following scenarios:
- If the candidate has availed either compensatory time or services of a Scribe or age
relaxation;
- If the candidate has applied as a PwD under GENERAL or GEN-EWS or OBC-NCL.

If the candidate has applied as PwD under SC/ST and if his/her PwD certificate is not valid &
has NOT availed compensatory time and/or services of a Scribe and/or age relaxation, then
he/she will be moved to his/her Parent Category (SC/ST). The candidate will be then
considered as SC/ST category candidate for further admissions process.

On verification, at any stage during the admission process or even after admissions, if the
information/document/ certificate is found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of
such candidate will stand cancelled.

NID’s decision will be final and binding. No further communication in this regard will be
entertained.

4.5.1. SERVICES OF A SCRIBE & COMPENSATORY TIME

The services of a scribe are available to candidates who have a disability and require
assistance to fill the OMR sheet for the Objective type of questions of the DAT Prelims exam.
However, the candidate will be required to attempt the subjective part of the DAT Prelims
exam without the services of scribe and assistance, due to its nature, as described below.
● To avail this benefit, the candidate should select the option of Scribe during the online
registration form AND upload a copy of the valid PwD certificate (format available on the
website https://admissions.nid.edu), at the time of filling the online application form. The
compensatory time of each part/exam is non-transferable. As per Office Memorandum of
the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment F.No. 34-02/ 2015-DD-III dated August
29, 2018, the PwD candidates who desire to avail the services of a scribe must follow the
guidelines for conducting the written examination for Persons with Benchmark
disabilities.
● If a PwD candidate wants to avail compensatory time (20 minutes per hour) and/or
request the assistance of a scribe, they will have to select relevant options, while filling

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 the online application form. A valid PwD certificate must be uploaded along with such
requests (formats available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu).
• The Admission Cell will assess the request along with the supporting document and
contact the candidate via email on their registered email id with further instructions if
necessary.
• If it is found that a candidate has used the services of a scribe and/or compensatory time
but DOES NOT possess the extent of disability that warrants the use of a scribe and/or
compensatory time, he/she will be excluded from the process of DAT Prelims answer
sheet evaluation, ranking and subsequent stages of admissions. If the candidate has
already been admitted, his/her admission will stand cancelled.

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Candidates belonging to the GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories will be
declared as qualified on the basis of the minimum qualifying criteria which will be
announced later.

Unfilled seats based on minimum qualifying criteria (which will be announced at a later
date) or unavailability of eligible candidates as per minimum qualifying criteria in the OBC-
NCL category will be de-reserved and allotted to Open Category candidates in the order of
merit.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme
Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered
Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her
applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application
form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be
made in the case of any category change.

No requests for change in category (after the “Window to Edit the Application Form”
closes) will be permitted during the subsequent stages of the admissions process.

Candidates must note that the benefit of reservation will be given to them subject to
verification of documents (at any stage after DAT Prelims). If it is found at any stage that a
candidate has used a false/fake/incorrect document or has furnished false/ incorrect/
incomplete information in order to avail the benefit of reservation, then such a candidate
shall be excluded from the subsequent stages of admissions. In case a candidate has
already been given admission, then the admission shall stand cancelled.

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5. How to Apply
Candidates will have to visit the official admissions website at https://admissions.nid.edu
and follow the steps below:

Step 0:
Read and familiarize yourself with the eligibility criteria, number of seats, test centres,
reservation policy and other relevant information related to admissions to the B.Des.
programmes in Admissions Handbook 2022 -23 and confirm that you have read and agreed
the same.

Note: The Design Aptitude Tests – DAT Prelims and DAT Mains–are common to candidates to all institutes, NID
Ahmedabad, NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh & NID Assam.

Step 1: Signup/Registration
1. All the candidates are required to register/sign up online (by selecting Programme of
Study, Nationality & Category) before proceeding to fill the application form. This is to be
done only at https://admissions.nid.edu.
2. Candidates must provide a valid email address and an active mobile number while
registering. Since this email address and mobile number will be used for all future
communications with the candidate, the candidate will receive an OTP on the Registered
Email ID and Mobile Number, for validation. The Name of the Candidate, Programme
Applied in, Date of Birth, Registered Email ID and Registered Mobile Number cannot be
changed at any stage. Ensure that this email ID and mobile number is active till 31 August
2022. Candidates are advised to check their email and SMS on a regular basis for any
important communication made by the Admissions Cell via email id [email protected] or
[email protected].
3. After registration, login credentials will be sent via an email to the registered email address
(do remember to check your Spam or Junk folders in case you do not find the email in your
Inbox).
4. Log in to your account using your Registered Email ID, Date of Birth, and Password to
proceed further.
5. In case you forget the Password, click on “Forgot Password”. You will receive a new auto
generated password on your registered email ID.
6. If you wish to change the password, log-in using the existing password and click on the
“Change Password” link provided on the Home page.

Step 2: Fill the Online Application Form

1. Log in and proceed to Step 2–Application Form.
2. Fill in all the required details.

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3. The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the
Programme Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number
& Registered Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate
changes his/her applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable
additional application form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund
of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.
4. After filling all details, click ‘Save & Proceed’ to go to the next section ‘Upload Document’.
5. Click ‘Save & Exit’ to complete the form at a later time or date.

Step 3: Uploading your Documents and signature

1. Checklist of documents to be uploaded by candidates submitting their application under
reserved category at the time of applying online are summarized as under:
Category/Documents Photo Signature Certificate Remarks

General Yes Yes No ---

General EWS Yes Yes Yes EWS Certificate

OBC-NCL Yes Yes Yes OBC-NCL Certificate

SC Yes Yes Yes Caste Certificate

ST Yes Yes Yes Tribe Certificate

General-PwD Yes Yes Yes Disability Certificate

EWS Certificate
GEN-EWS-PwD Yes Yes Yes
Disability Certificate*

OBC-NCL Certificate
OBC-NCL-PwD Yes Yes Yes
Disability Certificate*

Caste Certificate
SC-PwD Yes Yes Yes
Disability Certificate*

Tribe Certificate
ST-PwD Yes Yes Yes
Disability Certificate*

First page of Passport

Overseas Yes Yes No
Last page of Passport
*If a PwD candidate is using the facility of the scribe or compensatory time, they have to select
relevant options, while filling the online application form and upload a valid PwD certificate.
2. Upload a color scanned copy of recent passport-size photograph as per the instructions.
The photograph must be in JPG/JPEG format, should be of minimum 75 KB and maximum

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 100 KB in size. It must be a coloured photograph taken at a professional studio.
Photographs with self-composed portraits will not be accepted.
3. Upload your scanned signature as per the instructions. All signature files must be in
JPG/JPEG format and should be of minimum 75 KB and maximum 100 KB in size. You
should have your signature digitally photographed or scanned and cropped to the
required size.
4. Candidates applying under the GEN-EWS category are required to upload their valid EWS
Certificate issued by a Competent Authority, in the prescribed format as available on the
website https://admissions.nid.edu, shall only be considered valid. The EWS certificate
must be issued between 01 April 2021 and 31 March 2022, based on the gross annual
income of the financial year 2020-21. The certificate must be in JPG/JPEG format and
should be of minimum 75 KB and maximum 150 KB in size.
5. Candidates applying under the OBC-NCL category are required to upload their valid OBC-
NCL Certificate issued by a Competent Authority. The format of the OBC-NCL certificate
should be as per the Central format (available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu
in Download section). The OBC-NCL certificate must be issued between 01 April 2021
and 31 March 2022 (based on the gross annual income of the financial year 2020-21).
The certificate must be in JPG/JPEG format and should be of minimum 75 KB and
maximum 150 KB in size. For certificates that are not in the English language, the
candidate is required to produce / upload a notarized copy of the English version along
with the original copy of the category certificate.
6. Candidates applying under the SC and ST categories are required to upload their valid
Caste Certificate issued by a Competent Authority. For certificates that are not in the
English language, the candidate is required to produce / upload a notarized copy of the
English version along with the original copy of the category certificate. The certificate
must be in JPG/JPEG format and should be of minimum 75 KB and maximum 150 KB in
size.
7. Candidates applying under the Persons with Disability (PwD) category are required to
upload their valid Disability Certificate issued by a Competent Medical Authority as per
the guidelines of the Government of India (format of which is available on the website
https://admissions.nid.edu). The certificate must be in JPG/JPEG format and should be of
minimum 75 KB and maximum 150 KB in size.
8. Candidates applying under the Overseas category are required to upload the first and last
page of their valid passport in JPG/JPEG format, clearly showing all of their personal
information. The certificate must be of minimum 75 KB & maximum 150 KB in size.
9. Click ‘Save & Proceed’ to go to the next section to pay Application Fees. Your Application
Form will be accepted only after successful payment of the application fees
10. If you wish to complete the form later after uploading all the necessary documents, you
can click ‘Save and Exit’.

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Step 4: Pay Application Fee and Print
1. Category-wise Application Fees for Academic Year 2022-23 are as under:
Category Application Fees
General Rs.3000/-
General- EWS Rs.3000/-
OBC-NCL Rs.3000/-
SC Rs.1500/-
ST Rs.1500/-
General-PwD Rs.1500/-
General-EWS-PwD Rs.1500/-
OBC-NCL-PwD Rs.1500/-
SC-PwD Rs.1500/-
ST-PwD Rs.1500/-
Overseas (Supernumerary) Rs.5000/-
Note: For applications received after 1600 hrs. Tuesday, 30 November 2021, the application fees
(including late fees) applicable will be double the amount indicated above.
2. The above fees are applicable for NID Ahmedabad, NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID
Madhya Pradesh & NID Assam irrespective of gender.
3. Application fee is NEITHER refundable NOR transferable.
4. The Application fees paid online (by Debit/Credit Card) DOES NOT INCLUDE any bank
transaction charges / convenience fee, and the same, as applicable, will have to be
borne by the candidate.
5. Candidates will be asked to verify their details, after which they can proceed to make the
payment.
6. The fees for the application can be paid only through Debit/Credit Card
7. You will be directed to the payment gateway. After completing the payment process,
you will be redirected to the ‘Print’ section where you can save and print a copy of your
application form (which would be done only after successful payment of the application
fee).
8. Window to Edit Application Form (1600 hrs. Monday, 06 December 2021 to 1600 hrs.
Monday, 13 December 2021)
- Candidates will be given an opportunity to review and correct their information in the
application form starting from 1600 hrs. Monday, 06 December 2021.
- The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the
Programme Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile
Number & Registered Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the
candidate changes his/her applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the
applicable additional application form fees will have to be paid by the candidate.
However, no refund of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.
- Application fees already paid will not be refunded in case the application is found not
eligible for admissions to NID after modifying the information in the application form.

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- Candidates are fully and solely responsible to provide correct information during the
application process. At any stage, if it is found that the information provided by the
candidate is not correct, NID has the right to cancel his/her candidature. Any direct or
indirect attempt to influence the management and employees of the Institute will lead
to automatic disqualification of the candidate.

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6. Design Aptitude Tests (DAT)
The Design Aptitude Tests will be conducted in two stages:
Stage 1: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims
Stage 2: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Mains

6.1. Important Date:

DAT (Prelims) for Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) will be conducted on Sunday, 02 January 2022.

6.2. About DAT Prelims:

The B.Des. DAT prelims paper will consist of an examination, the duration of which will be
announced in the admit card. This is a paper-and-pencil/pen test, conducted at the same time
on the same day across all test centers. The questions asked may involve text and visuals.

The question paper will be in English language ONLY.

Based on the DAT Prelims scores, separate merit lists shall be prepared for each category
(GENERAL, GENERAL-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST & PwD) as applied for by the candidate. Only
shortlisted candidates will be eligible to appear for the DAT Mains exam as per the schedule
announced.

Separate merit list will be prepared for Overseas candidates.

Depending on the prevailing pandemic situation of COVID-19, the schedules as well

as the nature/structure of the exams can change, and all tests can be conducted
entirely online or entirely offline or in a combination of both modes at the discretion
of the Institute.

6.3. Test Centres for DAT Prelims:

The DAT Prelims will be conducted in the following cities in India:
Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati,
Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna,
Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, Thiruvananthapuram and Vijayawada.

NID reserves the right to add or remove any test centre and allot a test centre that may not
be of the candidate’s choice. A city may have more than one test centre. Any request for
change of test centre will not be entertained.

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6.4. About DAT Mains:
Based on the scores obtained in the DAT Prelims, eligible candidates will be shortlisted for the
DAT Mains. Admit Cards for shortlisted candidates will be available for download only on the
official NID admissions website (https://admissions.nid.edu).

Due to the current pandemic situation prevailing in the country, the information regarding
the DAT Mains will be announced later.

6.5. Weightages of DAT Prelims & DAT Mains for Final Result
The final marks of the candidate appearing for the B.Des programme of the National
Institute of Design, will be calculated based on the weightages of the marks obtained in the
DAT Prelims and DAT Mains, which will be announced later.

Note: Only those candidates who have appeared for all the tests in both the stages will be
considered eligible for the Merit List.

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7. Announcement of Results
In order to be considered for the merit list, a candidate must have appeared for all the tests in
both the DAT Prelims and the DAT Mains exams.

7.1 Results for DAT Prelims:

Based on the scores obtained in the DAT Prelims, separate merit lists shall be prepared for
each category as applied for by the candidate (GENERAL, GENERAL-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST,
PwD & OVERSEAS). Results for admission to NID for the Academic Year 2022 -23 for the B.Des.
(including Overseas candidates) will be declared only on the official admissions website
(https://admissions.nid.edu) as per the schedule announced in Section 2 of this document.
The candidates’ scores will also be available for viewing at this time.

Separate result score cards (digital or hard copy) will NOT be provided to the candidates.
Scores obtained in NID’s DAT exam cannot be used by any person/institution without the
prior permission of the National Institute of Design.

7.2 Candidates Shortlisted for DAT Mains:

Based on the Merit list of DAT Prelims, eligible candidates will get to appear for DAT Mains.
The number of candidates shortlisted will be no less than three times in each category applied
for by the candidate (GENERAL, GENERAL-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, PwD & OVERSEAS). Please
refer to Section 4 of this handbook to see the total number of seats available. If the total
scores of two or more candidates in the DAT Prelims are the same after applying tie-break
policy, they will be assigned the same rank.

7.3 Final Merit List:

The final common merit lists will be generated category wise (Open, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC,
ST, and PwD), based on the sum total of the weighted scores obtained by the candidate, viz.
the DAT Prelims and DAT Mains. Separate merit list will be prepared for Overseas candidates
for B.Des. programme.

Common merit list will be generated based on the percentile score.

(No. of candidates appeared in DAT Mains) - (Rank of the candidate) x 100

Percentile Score =
Total no. of candidates appeared in DAT Mains

Results for admission to NID for the academic year 2022 -23 for B.Des. (including Overseas
candidates) will be declared ONLY on the official admissions website
(https://admissions.nid.edu) as mentioned in Section 2 of this document.

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 The candidates’ scores and ranks will be available for viewing on the website and candidates
will have to log in to the website to view their final results. Separate result scorecards (digital
or hard copy) will NOT be sent/provided to the candidates.

The scores obtained during the application process in the 2022-23 cycle are valid only for
admission for the academic year 2022-23.

Scores obtained in NID’s DAT exam cannot be used by any person/institution without prior
permission of the National Institute of Design.

Note: Obtaining a rank in the merit list does NOT guarantee admission to the programme of your
choice.

7.4 Minimum Qualifying Criteria

Candidates from the various categories will be considered eligible for admission only if their
final percentile score exceeds the minimum qualifying criteria* which will be announced later.

On verification, even after admissions, if the information/document/ category certificate

are found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of such candidate will summarily stand
cancelled.

* Amendments to the minimum qualifying criteria if any, will be updated on the official website
https://admissions.nid.edu only in the Amendment Section of this Handbook.

7.5 De-reservation Rules

If seats are left unfilled in the OBC-NCL category due to no eligible candidates as per the
minimum qualifying criteria or non-availability of candidates, the seats will be de-reserved
and will be allotted to candidates from the Open category. Seats remaining vacant under the
GEN-EWS, SC and ST categories will NOT be allotted to candidates belonging to other
categories. It must be noted that after the last date of application, the category chosen by a
candidate will be considered as final, and requests for change of category, thereafter, will
not be entertained.

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7.6 Allotment of seat
The procedure of allotment of seats for the B.Des. programme will be conducted at
Ahmedabad. Each candidate will be required to remain present in person with the requisite
documents as per the schedule (which will be announced at a later date). Failing to report
with the requisite documents as per the schedule will lead to forfeiting the candidate’s seat
and their seat will be allotted to the next eligible candidate in the order of merit in the
respective category.

Depending on the prevailing pandemic situation of COVID-19, the candidate may be asked
to pay the partial fees online for the confirmation of admission and the physical verification
of documents may take place at the time of reporting at the campus.

Seat allotment for final admissions will be based on the merit list, category of the candidate
and availability of seats provided that the candidates have not availed any reservation benfits
(compensatory time, scribe facility or age relaxation). The seat allotment will be followed as
under:

Sr. No. Category of the Eligible Candidate Seat Allocation Category

1 GEN OPEN

2 GEN-PwD OPEN, OPEN-PwD

3 GEN-EWS OPEN, GEN-EWS

4 GEN-EWS-PwD OPEN, GEN-EWS, GEN-EWS-PwD

5 OBC-NCL OPEN, OBC-NCL

6 OBC-NCL-PwD OPEN, OBC- NCL, OBC-NCL-PwD

7 SC OPEN, SC

8 SC-PwD OPEN, SC, SC-PwD

9 ST OPEN, ST

10 ST-PwD OPEN, ST, ST-PwD

Note: Candidates who have availed reservation benefits (compensatory time, scribe facility or
age relaxation) will be allotted seats in their applied category only.

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8. Other Information
8.1 Question Booklet cum Answer Key
The question booklet cum Answer key of the DAT exams will not be available even upon
request. The DAT exams question booklet cannot be shared as it is highly subjective in nature,
and may not be furnished, in the larger public interest.

8.2. Answer Sheets

The answer sheets of the candidates will be available for one year after the announcement of
the final result. The answer sheets will be available on request, only after the admissions
process is complete. No request for answer sheets during the admissions process will be
entertained.

Any candidate seeking his/her answer sheet for the admission cycle 2022-23 will have to
make an online payment of Rs.1000/- separately per exam and also submit the admit card
duly attested by the Invigilator with the seal of the Test Centre. The answer sheet will be
provided to the candidate within 15-20 days after receiving the payment, on their registered
email id.

8.3. Result
The result of the candidate will be available for one year after the announcement of the final
result. Any details regarding the same will not be provided after one year. The evaluation
criteria/break-up of marks followed for the assessment of paper/interview or the procedure
followed in the interview may not be shared as it is highly subjective in nature, and may not
be furnished in the larger public interest. The personal details of the candidates shortlisted
after each stage will not be shared with any other person.

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Contact
NID Admissions Cell
National Institute of Design
Paldi, Ahmedabad 380 007
Email: [email protected]

For any queries related to admissions 2022-23, contact 079-26623462 between Monday to Friday
from 11.00 am to 12.30 pm and 3.00 pm to 5.30 pm.

Official admissions website: https://admissions.nid.edu

NID Main website: http://www.nid.edu

For technical issues related to submission of online application write to :

Email: [email protected]

For any queries related to NID Campuses other than Ahmedabad, candidates may refer to the
Admissions Brochure of the respective NID campuses.

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