National Institute of Design Ahmedabad Paldi Answered Questions

The National Institute of Design (NID) has released the admission hanbooks for the B.Des and M.Des courses. It contains the list of exam cities for DAT Prelims exam for each course.As per information given in the M.Des Admission Handbook, the DAT Prelims exam in the following cities - Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayawada.The candidate can select their choice of exam city when filling out the NID DAT 2024 application form. 

NID DAT Prelims 2026 exam will take place in 17 cities in India. Each of these exam cities may have one or more test centres. Candidate will have to select their choice of exam centres for the DAT Prelims exam when filling out the NID DAT 2026 Application form. Candidates must be careful when selecting the exam city, because they will not be allowed to change it after the Application edit window closes.

The candidate will be given the option to select NID DAT 2026 Exam centres soon after the results of DAT Prelims exam is announced. The test centres will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. In the case of candidates who don't select test cities, the system will automatically allocat test cities based on the availability of seats in respective test centres. The details of the test centre allocated to the candidate will be mentioned in the NID DAT 2026 Admit card. On the day of the exam, the candidate had to report to the NID DAT exam centre as per the timings mentioned in the admit card.

The reporting time for NID DAT will be mentioned in the Admit card, along with gate closing time, and exam timings and date.The candidate needs to report for the DAT Prelims exam at 8 am. The gates of the exam center will close at 9:30 AM (or 30 minutes before the commencement of the exam). After that no candidate will be allowed inside the exam hall.NID DAT Exam timings:B.Des - 10 am - 1 pmM.Des - 10 am - 12.30 pm

The reporting and exam commencement time for NID DAT 2026 will be mentioned in the admit card. The candidate must arrive at the exam centre as per the reporting time.If the candidate is late, there is chance that he or she will not be allowed entry inside the exam center.So, the candidate must start a bit early on exam day, taking into account the traffic situation. Note that exam officials will conduct registration formalities and frisking, etc. befor allowing the candidate inside the exam centre.

It is the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide correct and verifiable information during the application process. If the candidate is found to be using incorrect or couterfeir information, his or her candidature could be cancelled at any stage of the admission process. Further, if the candidate tries to influence, either directly or indirectly, to influence the management or employees, then also the candidate could be disqualfiied.Note that the NID DAT 2024 counseling will have a document verification process. During this stage, all the information and documents furnished by the candidate will be cross-checked.

If NID DAT 2024 applications are submitted between December 5 (4 pm) and December 8, (4 pm), the candidate has to pay a late fees.Note that the late fee amount is in addition to the application fees.The category-wise application and late fees for the B.Des and M.Des courses are mentioned in the table below.NID DAT 2024 application and late feesCategoryAppliction FeeLates FeesGeneral, Gen-EWS, OBC-NCLINR 3000INR 1500SC, ST, PwDINR 1500INR 750Overseas  (Supernumerary)INR 5000INR 2500

The NIFT and NID DAT are different entrance exams. Also, while the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) released an official syllabus for the NIFT entrance exam, the National Institute of Design (NID) doesn’t release any official syllabus.So, the only option for the NID aspirant is to consult previous years’ papers and sample test papers to get an idea regarding the types of questions that may be asked in the NID DAT 2024 exam.And no, the NIFT 2024 syllabus cannot be relied on to prepare for the NID DAT exam. The candidate may refer to the NIFT syllabus only to further their knowledge.

The NID DAT application form 2024 is currently open online at admissions.nid.edu. The National Institute of Design (NID) has also released the admission handbooks for the B.Des and M.Des program.The admission handbook contains key details pertaining to eligibility criteria, application process, fee, eligibility criteria, reservation, seat matrix, and much more.So, it is recommended that the candidate carefully goes through the NID DAT 2024 admission handbook before filling out the application form.Note that NID 2024 application edit window will be open from December 5-7, 2023. However, the candidate will be allowed to edit only a handful of information.