Design

Hi Ishita,
National Institute of Design (NID) offers admissions to aspirants in Bachelor of Design (BDes) as well as Master of Design (MDes) programmes on the basis of their performance in NID Design Aptitude Test. In order to secure admission in design programmes offered at National Institute of Design (NID) aspirants need to take part in NID that (Prelims) and NID that (Mains). The candidates who are shortlisted in NID that (Prelims) can only appear for NID that (Mains) admission round.
NID that (Prelims) is a written design aptitude test conducted by NID whereas NID that (Mains) comprises of a Studio Test and Interview round. Candidates who are clear both these admission rounds are offered admission in design programmes offered at colleges accepting NID entrance exam scores for admission. Total number of seats on offer in BDes programmes at NID is 100 whereas MDes seats for admissions are 275 in number.
Eligibility:
The eligibility criteria for NID entrance exam states that candidates who have cleared or who will be appearing for their qualifying exams under higher secondary (10+2) from any recognized board such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or their equivalent in the year 2016-2017 can apply for the exam.
For more details, follow the link:
https://www.shiksha.com/design/fashion-design/exams/nid-entrance-exam
http://www.nid.edu/education/master-design/furniture-design/p-overview.html

Hi Siba,
Fashion designing is the art of designing clothing, fashion, accessories, etc. They design garments which are functional as well as attractive and in keeping with trends, market predictions and the climate. They have knowledge about fabric, weave, draping qualities, material, color and design and the changing trends.
On the other hand, the apparel designing is a more technical term pertaining to the specific act of creating clothing from nuts to bolts.They are trained in fabric printing, dyeing, embroidery and design development. They work as design developers, color specialists, hand painters and printing supervisors.
For fashion designing, following opportunities exist in the following sectors:
Export houses dealing with garment/textile/handloom exports
Retail and wholesale garment businesses in mens/womens/children clothing in sportswear/casual wear, etc.
Haute CoutureGovernment/Semi government-handloom/textile manufacturers
Fashion show organizers/Fashion publishers
TV/Film fashion program producers/comperes/costume designers, etc.
With Film production unitsTeaching design
For apparel designing, following opportunities exist in the following sectors:
Design studios
Textile mills
Export houses
Textile dyeing and printing units
Fashion garment houses
Export units
Freelancing for government and private firms
Cottage industries, small scale industries
Entrepreneurship
For more details, please refer to the following links:
https://www.shiksha.com/careers/fashion-designer-45
https://www.shiksha.com/careers/textile-designer-105