StudyDesign & DesignaCareer
NationalInstituteofDesign( NID), Ahmedabadisthepioneersinthisfieldinthecountry. Itofersa 4yearBachelorofDesign( B. Des.) ProgrammeatitscampusatAhmedabad. NIDalsoofersfour years, GraduateDiplomaProgrammeinDesign( GDPD) atitscampusesatKurukshetraandVijayawada. ThethreeInstitutesareautonomousinstitutesundertheDepartmentofIndustrialPolicy & Promotion( DIPP), MinistryofCommerce & Industry, GovernmentofIndia.
Attheseinstitutes, designProgrammesareoferedmainlyunderthreefaculties( i) IndustrialDesign( i) CommunicationDesignand( i) Textile, Apparel, LifestyleandAccessoryDesign. ThespecializationsoferedundertheIndustrialDesignFacultyareCeramic & GlassDesign, Furniture & Interior Design, and ProductDesign. Faculty ofCommunication Design ofersAnimation Film Design, ExhibitionDesign, Film & VideoCommunicationandGraphicDesignwhiletheFacultyofTextile, Apparel, LifestyleandAccessoryDesignofersthecourseinTextileDesign. EachoftheGraduate DiplomaProgram inDesign( GDPD) atKurukshetraandVijayawadahas60seats, withspecialized studiesinoneofIndustrialDesign, CommunicationDesign & TextileandApparelDesignfaculties.
AtalInstitutes, thefirstyearwilbeaFoundationProgram thatwilintroducethestudentstothe fundamentalaspectsofdesign. Inthisstage, thestudentsdeveloptheirabilitytosee, hearand becomeawareofthingshappening around through theirsenses. Thepatern ofreactionsor impressionsthatisgeneratedinanindividualtomakeajudgmentonsentimentsandtasteplaysa crucialroleindesigning. Developmentofaestheticsensitivityoftheindividualisfocusedinthis period. Thecoursealsofocusesonthemulti-disciplinarynatureofdesignandtherelationshipit haswithhumansensesandemotions, culture, environmentandecology. Basicdesignstudiocoursesareincludedinthecurriculum. IntroductorystudiesinHumanitieshelpthestudentstodevelop aworldview andtounderstandtheIndianmilieuandthesocio-culturalcontextforDesigntooperate. ThestudentsattheendofthefoundationProgrammewilbeabletoidentifytheirownidentity andpotentialsoastooptfortheareaofspecializationtobepursuedintheremaining3yearsofthe course. Alotmentofadisciplineofchoiceisbasedonacandidate’ smeritandchoiceonlyaftersuccessfulcompletionofthefoundationProgramme.
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Students from any stream( Science, Arts, and Commerce etc.), who have passed Higher Secondary / equivalentexaminationcanapply. Generalcategoryapplicantshouldnotbeover20 years( bornonorafter1stJuly, 1998), OBC-NCL, SC, STcategoriesnotover23yearsfor( bornonor after1stJuly, 1995) andPwDapplicantsnotover25years( bornonorafter1stJuly, 1993) ason30th June, oftheyearofadmission
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