Product Design

There are two ways through which you can make a career in product designing. First is B.Des in product design, for which you can opt for any stream in 11th. Another one is B.Tech in Industrial design, which requires you to have PCM in 10+2.

NID Eligibility Criteria 2019
Criteria 1: Age Limit: The candidates must not be more than 20 years of age while applying.
Criteria 2: Educational Qualification: Applicants who have passed or will be appearing for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations from any recognised board of education ineligible.

M.Tech in Automobile Engineering (M.Tech AME) is a postgraduate course in designing, manufacturing and operating automobiles. The minimum eligibility for this course requires passing BE/B.Tech in Automobile/Industrial Production/ Manufacturing/ Mechanical/Mechatronics from a recognized university.

Automobile design is mostly about understanding the outer appearance of the vehicles as a body to fit the engine and taking consideration the humans as a user and then designing it. Product design is where you tend to design things around us of day today needs keeping the utilities and needs of the user. When you study automobile design, styling is an expertise in the subject. Automobile design is required to go for styling.

You can consider following institutes:
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Indian Institute of Art and Design Mumbai
National Institute of Design
Lovely professional University, Punjab
International School of Design
Indian Institute of Fashion Technology
LISAA School of Design
Pearl Academy
JD Institute of Fashion Technology

The eligibility to pursue design:
One needs to pass 12th class with a minimum of 50% marks. The process of admission to design is through an entrance examination. This is known as Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) which is conducted by IIT Mumbai every year. Reputed institutes conduct their own entrance exams. Top colleges are:
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Indian Institute of Art and Design Mumbai
National Institute of Design
Lovely professional University, Punjab
International School of Design
Indian Institute of Fashion Technology
LISAA School of Design
Pearl Academy
JD Institute of Fashion Technology