B.Des

Hello,
This Jyoti Vidyapeeth Women's University was established in 2008 by government of Rajasthan. It's located just outside the capital city of Jaipur. Being for women only, lot of thought has gone into providing security yet enough freedom so that talents amongst girls is brought out in open and not suppressed.
The intake of both design branches offering degree is limited in numbers to provide good and relevant education which is the need of the hour. University has tie ups with many well-known and budding industries of not only Rajasthan but on an all India basis. Focused industry centric approach has helped the university to place almost all students who register for placements. In addition, as per the latest trend, students prefer to go on an assignment of internship. This too helps students as well as university to achieve cent percent placements. If you are a girl and is desirous of studying in women only atmosphere, this is a great place to be in. Placements wise as well as academics wise.

Bachelors in design is more related to artistic and imaginative thinking of an individual. It requires an inventive and creative approach to dealing the problem. Bachelor of Design is an undergraduate academic degree programme in the field of designing. This 4-year course offers numerous opportunities to candidates. They are specialised in fields like designing of buildings, machine parts, fashion designing, architecture, game design, jewelry & metalsmith, textile design, graphic design, etc. Enormous opportunities for B.Des graduates are there to secure a job in private sector.
Private organizations such as boutiques, hotels, fashion media, marketing sector, furniture manufacturing units, and quality control offices, etc. offer huge openings in B.Des. Job profiles in these sectors are like Cutting Assistant / Graphic Designer / Weaving Consultants / Illustrator / Fashion Merchandisers / Costume Designers / Textile Designers / Fashion Forecasters / Entrepreneurs / Fashion Stylists / Design Manager / Colorists / Outside Sales Representative.
Government institutes such as National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), National Institute of Design, The Indian Textile Industry, etc. Recruit talented B.Des graduates for various posts. One can also look out for a profession in any of the nationalized banks or railway or defense service. To get into government organizations one needs to clear exams like SSC PSC, UPSC, etc.

Hi Isha,
No, you can't opt because you have given an entrance exam for Bachelors of design.Bachelors in technology's entrance exam is a different exam where the eligibility criteria and the exam pattern are totally different than that of B.Des exam. If you wouldn't get through the counselling of B.Des then the only option you will be left with is to apply for NRI seats, for that you don't have to be an NRI, it's just that they will charge you a fee 4 times more than that of non NRI seats and I personally wouldn't suggest you to do that because in that amount of money you can go for any European fashion college. So, you better look for other colleges too or drop this year and try hard.

Hello,
Symbiosis Institute of Design is part of Symbiosis International deemed to be University. This gives it a wide scope to design it's courses as per the market demand.
The institute is located in Pune, the second most industrialized city in Maharashtra after Mumbai. Due to this, the institution is well placed to tap into this pool for placing it's students at appropriate levels.
Again, the Institute has not given out any specific data about placements of students year wise. It indeed has given out a long list of industries that came for campus recruitment. This, in itself is great to show that possibly almost all students must have been placed. Symbiosis has a great name in academic circles and it's courses are considered to be tailored to the market demands and this in turn enables it to place students for internships followed by actual placements after the end of the course. I would say that students have great opportunities for placements here.

Hello,
Kolhapur, this is the place that is famous in Maharashtra for folk music, folk cinema, arts etc. Since ages. In fact in olden days, majority of Marathi Cinemas were produced here. This necessitated requirement of designers of sets, interior, clothing, textiles etc.
Hence, no wonder that Kalaprabodhini decided to have their institute of design in this city. The courses offered are affiliated to Shivaji University, and hence follow the expected pattern.
However, I am worried about the placements, since Kolhapur is not having a big industrial base. Also, the film studios have shifted out and hence corresponding requirement of designers of different hues is also reduced. Though, it must be accepted that the college is doing everything it can to enable students to get placed. Unfortunately, status or data of the latest years is not available on it's website. But, this could be a consideration for prospective students.

Hi,
There's no second thought before I write this. Of course, it has to be NID, as it's an institute of national importance. AAFT, on the other hand is a private institute and is known for B.Des as well. NID is best known for design courses, and you will have ample of opportunities after passing out from there. Coming to it's placements, several graduates tend to start their own studio. According to LinkedIn, 377 out of 3500 graduates are Entrepreneurs (Nowhere close to the 60% stat by Sumit Shah, but I hope he can give some source). Popular companies (based on no. Of NIDians employed) are Cognizant, Microsoft, SAP, Adobe, Samsung, Godrej, HFI etc.
All your main/subject questions lead to one destination that is how much money you can earn after graduating from NID. If that is the only concern you have, then start your own business to earn. NID won't teach you how to earn money. You have to use your 100% brains, if you have to be on the top. How NID can help you to put you in good companies? It also depends on the stream you apply for. \
Now look at another scenario. Let's say you love textile design, and you want to apply for Textile/Apparel design at NID, right. What if I tell you that go for some of the UX related courses in NID to get more packages, will you just listen to me and go ahead with it? If yes, then you have got no passion for a particular design rather than earning money. If that is the case, then stop doing it. Have a vision where do you want to be and as a what. You will earn money for sure after graduating from colleges, like NID or IIT that would take some time along with the level of industry experience you have.

Hi, NIFT is undoubtedly the best Institute in India and is well reputed internationally as well.nNIFT Alumni are always given an edge over the other colleaguesnYou can apply for scholarships, which is given on the basis of merit, financial background or bothnIn Design course, you do have a lot of projects and submissions. Yes, it does involve extra expenses. On an average you'll be spending approximately 6-7000 on them. But they do add to your portfolio and are totally worth it.nIn terms of package, you can expect a min of 23-25000 INR pm in hand.nYou do have a lot of spare time during the course. So, you can always utilize them to earn few extra bucks.nIf you are very much interested in design and strongly want to pursue it as your profession, Ill say yes. But if you are not sure about it, don't take it forward. Design is too much of hard work and extensive research and getting practical as well as balancing the artsy side. Most don't find it suitable and that become their the worst decision. So if you really want to ask if its worth, ask yourself will you able to? And how interested are you? All the best.

Hi,
Look, if you are going for B.Des course, then Amity is not considered as a relatable University. For B.Des courses, there are many other better options such as NID, NIFT, Pearl, Srishti, IIAD to just name a few.
So, if you really looking forward for design career and you want to do good in it, then I would suggest you to go wtlith NID or NIFT, depending on the course, try their entrances. If you really have that creative eye on you, you'll definitely go through those entrances.
Amity University is a renowned university, but it's always better to go with a course specialisation college. For eg. Colleges such as NIFT are specialised in design career, but if we talk about Amity, then it's not the same. The University offers multiple courses, so it's always a risk for students in going with them.
Whereas NID is the most appropriate college for product design in India.
Hope this answer is useful to you.
All the best!

Hi, Never take any undue pressure when you are in CU. This year, 465 companies had its visit in CU and you can think taht there are only 365 days in a year but the no. Of companies here increase every year. Last year, it was 425.nYou will be placed here in any big corporate. Companies like Hewlett Packard, Flipkart, Google, Adobe, Amazon visitited Punjab campus for the 1st time to conduct their campus placements, the highest package offered to 2016 batch student touched Rs. 22.5 lacs.activities: PRATIBHA, AAGHAAZ, Rangmanch, RASHTRIYE HASYA KAVI SAMMELAN, ABHIVYAKTI, and participation in various events held at other colleges, there are various clubs you can join.nCU has good Joint Placement Record. There's no placement cell focusing only on DESIGN candidates but they are fed with placements just as the engineering students giving them almost equal opportunities. A lot of companies including the biggies visit the campus for the joint placement drive.So you can imagine the extent of competitiveness.EG:-A guy is from BE (CSE) then he needs to compete not only with the 1400 other BE (CSE) guys of his batch but also with the students from several other colleges who come to CU to participate in the Joint Placement Drive.But if you are knowledgeable enough that you can compete with all of them than its great.nAll the best.

Hi,
B.Des at IITG is very good where every other branch mostly envy the design branch particularly. The reason is their schedule, curriculum, decent packages which is very different from other regular branches.
I dont exactly know the details but heard from other Design mates that their average salary is around 15lakhs! (Cases like people with no placements, very high packages and people opting for higher studies will be present).
Placements: The placements at DoD are on par with the best of departments and institutes. The department has an institute wide best figures of 95+% of placed students, with only 3 of them still searching for opportunities. Last year, the department had a record 100 % record in placements. The slight decline this year can be attributed to the increase in batch strength, which almost doubled compared to last year. The average salary package of the Bachelors currently stands at 9.7 LPA.
EDIT: UPDATE: The current average salary package for the B.Des students has soared to around 15 LPA. This is for the 2011-2014 batch. I will update the exact figures shortly.
Some of the organisations that have recruited from the Department of Design in the recent past include:
Samsung Research Institute, India,
Microsoft India Development Center
Oracle
Flipkart
Samsung (SISO)
Housing.com
Clarice Technologies
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Accenture
Directi
DE Shaw
Infosys
TCS and a lot more.
Higher Study Prospects: Many students of the department have successfully enrolled themselves in well known courses in excellent institutes. Our alumni have received admits from various well known institutes like:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Stanford University
Harvard University
University of Michigan
Georgia Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
TU Delft and many more.
All the best.