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2 years agoContributor-Level 10
PG candidates will be evaluated on the various parameters as listed below by a panel, in the Personal Interview:
Career orientation
Aptness for the course
Overall personal achievements in academics and co-curricular activities
Communication
General awareness, aptitude, creative and lateral thinking
Candidates will be shortlisted for the PI based on their performance in the written exam - GAT (and CAT in case of M.Des program).
Please note that NIFT reserves the right to modify the entrance examination scheme. This includes non-conduct of any stage (s) due to unforeseen circumstances.
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2 years agoContributor-Level 10
The GAT or the General Ability Test is mandatory for all candidates. The various components of the GAT written exam is given below.
Program | B.Des | M.Des |
Paper | GAT | GAT |
Mode of exam | Computer-based Test (CBT) | Computer-based Test (CBT) |
Language | English/ Hindi | English/ Hindi |
Test Duration | 120 minutes | 120 minutes |
Sections | Number of Questions | Number of Questions |
Communication Ability | 25 | 30' |
English Comprehension | 25 | 30 |
Quantitative Ability | 20 | 20 |
Analytical Ability | 15 | 25 |
General Knowledge and Current Affairs | 15 | 15 |
TOTAL | 100 | 120 |
The candidate may note that the number of questions in each section may vary. Further, the difficulty level of questions may also vary between courses.
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2 years agoNew answer posted
2 years agoContributor-Level 10
The NIFT 2024 exam will be administered across 37 cities in the country. Note that each of these cities may have one or more exam centres. The candidate has to select their choice of exam city while filling out the NIFT 2024 application form.
List of NIFT 2024 exam cities
S.No | City | S.No | City |
1 | Ahmedabad | 20 | Kolkata |
2 | Bengaluru | 21 | Lucknow |
3 | Bhopal | 22 | Madurai |
4 | Bhubaneswar | 23 | Mumbai |
5 | Chandigarh | 24 | Nagpur |
6 | Chennai | 25 | New Delhi (East, Central, North, South, and West Delhi) |
7 | Cochin | 26 | Noida |
8 | Coimbatore | 27 | Patna |
9 | Daman | 28 | Pune |
10 | Dehradun | 29 | Raipur |
11 | Faridabad | 30 | Ranchi |
12 | Ghaziabad | 31 | Rajkot |
13 | Gurugram | 32 | Surat |
14 | Guwahati | 33 | Udaipur |
15 | Hyderabad | 34 | Vadodara |
16 | Jaipur | 35 | Varanasi |
17 | Jammu | 36 | Vishakhapatnam |
18 | Jodhpur | 37 | Srinagar |
19 | Kannur (Kerala) |
New answer posted
2 years agoContributor-Level 10
The information provided by the candidate when filling out the NIFT 2026 application form are verified by NIFT officials before any candidate is considered for admission in the first week of June.
The verification of original documents is conducted online.
Note that at the time of counseling registration, the candidate is required to upload documents.
Also, if the certificates are in any other language than Hindi/ English, then a certified translation in Hindi/ English produced duly verified by the issuing institution/ gazetted officer. If the candidate fails to produce the translation, the candidate may be denied admission.&n
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2 years agoContributor-Level 10
The application process for NIFT 2024 will be conducted online. After completing the application process, inclduing payment of fees, the candidate must download a printout of the application form.
In fact, the NIFT prospectus prescribes the candidate to “apply on time and keep a printout / photocopy of application form for further reference along with proof of payment.”
The NIFT 2024 application form is for admission to the B.Des, M.Des, B.F.Tech, M.F.Tech, and M.F.M courses. There are 18 participating NIFTs that currently have a combined intake of 5.215 seats.
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2 years agoContributor-Level 10
The candidate has to select their admission category at the time of filling out the NIFT 2024 application form. The candidate must make sure that they have the requisite valid and verificable certificate supporting their category.
Note that the category selected by a candidate at the time of submitting the application form will be considered as final.
If a candidate selects a reserved category i.e. SC/ST/OBC (NCL)/EWS/PWD but fails to submitted a valid Category Certificate, he or she will be considered for open category seats provided any benefit of relaxed age or income or cut offs has not been availed by the candidate at any stage of t
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2 years agoContributor-Level 10
In case there unfilled seats in the OBC (NCL), EWS and domicile (Open) and domicile (OBC NCL) category, these seats will be converted to open category after a minimum of two rounds of seat allocation.
The candidate has to select their category at the time of filling out the NIFT application form. Also, the candidate must ensure that they have the requisite valid and verificable certificate for the category chosen.
If the candidate fails to submit proper documents, he or she will be considered under open category. Also
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2 years agoContributor-Level 10
Yes, NIFT has the right to cancel any of the examination centres. Also, in such a scenario, the candidate will be allocated an alternate centre.
Note that any change in NIFT 2024 exam centre will be notified on the NIFT admission portal - niftadmissions.in. The candidate will also be provided with a helpline number, where they can reach out in case of any doubts or issues.
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