National Institute of Design Ahmedabad Paldi Answered Questions

Yes, you can pursue the M.Des course at NID on the basis of 4 years GDPD courses. GDPD course is a Diploma level course. While B. Des is an Undergraduate level degree course. The eligibility criteria and course duration are the same for both courses. Fee structure is also a big difference between the both of courses. The fee details of both of courses are given below.
1. B. Des Course fee : Rs 1207800 (Excluding hostel charges)
2. GDPD Course fee : Rs 953200 (NID Andhra Pradesh) Excluding hostel charges.

The National Institute of Design (NID) will release the NID DAT important dates 2021 most likely in the first week of October 2020. NID DAT 2021 comprises two stages - preliminary and the main exam which will be conducted tentatively in the last week of December 2020 and last week of April 2021 respectively. However, to appear in the NID DAT mains exam, candidates are required to clear the prelims exam.
Important dates :
1. Announcement of notification : First week of October, 2020
2. Availability of 2021 NID DAT application form : First week of October, 2020
3. Release of NID DAT admit card 2021: Third week of December 2020
4. NID DAT 2021 prelims exam : Last week of December, 2020

The National Institute of Design Andhra Pradesh is established in September 2015 as an autonomous Institute under the DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. It is situated temporarily in Acharya Nagarjuna University on Guntur - Vijayawada highway (NH 16) as a transit campus before moving to permanent campus to come up in 50 acres site in Amravati, new Capital City of Andhra Pradesh. NID Andhra Pradesh currently offers full-time four year Bachelor of Design (B. Des. ). With specialisation streams of
1. INDUSTRIAL DESIGN,
2. COMMUNICATION DESIGN and
3. TEXTILE & APPAREL DESIGN. While National Institute of Design, Haryana, was established on November 15, 2016 as an autonomous institute under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, to emerge as a global leader in Design Education and Research. NID Haryana currently offers full-time four year Bachelor of Design (B. Des. ). With specialisation streams of
1. INDUSTRIAL DESIGN,
2. COMMUNICATION DESIGN and
3. TEXTILE & APPAREL DESIGN. The Rajya Sabha (State Assembly of India) passed the National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which declares the four National Institutes of Design (NID) in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Haryana as institutions of national importance. So from above both NID have equal importance in terms of Infrastructure and faculty members. Hence can not differentiate here. You can choose anyone of them near to yours proximity.

Yes you are eligible. The eligibility criteria of B.Des. of NID for Product Design is given below. Eligibility criteria : 10+2 in any streams or AICTE approved three-year Full time Diploma after Class X offered by Board of Technical Education of any state in India or Union Territories. 

NID offers the following B. Des. Courses in following disciplines:
1. Ceramic and Glass Design
2. Product Design
3. Furniture and Interior Design
4. Animation and film Design
5. Exhibition Design
6. Film and video Communication Design
7. Graphic Design
8. Textile Design
While NID also offers M.Des. In 19 disciplines and few of them are the same as above.