NID GDPD and PGDPD First Phase Results are Out!

The wait is over.

NID 2014 Phase One Results are announced.

GDPD Results: http://results.nid.edu/

PGDPD Results: http://results.nid.edu/pgdpdresult.aspx

Overseas Results: http://results.nid.edu/overseasresult.aspx

Congratulations to all the students who made it in the First Phase of the Examination.

For those who were not able to do so, let's understand what mistakes you did and learn from them.

It would be great if those who got selected can share their insights with the other students. It would be really helpful. Contact Target NID (write an email) if you are interested.

All The Best to all NID Aspirants

 

Target NID - Preparation Meetup - RSVP Form

Target NID's Mega Collection - Complete Tutorials Series + Mock Papers + Previous Question Papers

Due to certain technical issues, all the uploaded content was lost which includes Tutorials, Mock Papers and Previous Year's Question Papers. We had a tough time recovering the content but fortunately found it in one of our old computers.

So, here we present to all you aspirants Target NID - Mega Collection.

• Target NID's Tutorials - Complete Series | All Exercises Merged - Download
• Target NID Mock Papers -Complete Series | Updated Content - Download 
• Target NID Previous Year's Question Papers | From 2006 - Download

We regret for the inconvenience faced. All the best to you all and wishing you a rocking Diwali.

Preparing for NID Entrance Test - 2014

What should students focus on for the next six months in order to crack the NID Design Aptitude Test 2014? For the next six months, students should consider strengthening their drawing skills and keep abreast with current affairs, both national and international. 

 However, it is not just about learnt skill and talent, but largely about the creative process and design thinking. Students, most importantly, should know how to communicate an idea to the masses. 

It would also help to have a portfolio in place. If the student is consistent with his sketching and is up-to-date with his or her work s/he will have a range of work to showcase during the interview. Having worked with a variety of media is always beneficial for a strong portfolio. Work can range from doodles to finished pieces of work; there is no set criterion with regards to what should go in your portfolio. Play on your strengths.

What is the importance of joining a coaching class?

Coaching classes are not a must-do for students wanting to successfully attempt the NID entrance. While they do offer some insight — common queries of what to expect from the paper and solve sample papers — student shouldn't rely on it entirely. However, do remember that the question paper pattern is not set in stone and they must be flexible enough to deal with the diversity of questions.

What is the pattern of the question paper?

 In the 2013 exam, 25% of the questions focused on general knowledge; 25% logistic reasoning; another 25% allotted to drawing skills related to human anatomy and postures. The last 25% were based on creative thinking and applications . This was a rough breakdown in our paper, but it varies each year, we are told. There is no negative marking.

How can students manage a good score?

 The question paper, even though it grades, is qualitative in nature. It is important to answer sensibly and be confident about what you are drawing and answering. One should not worry about marks or scoring high; the focus should be on communicating your ideas creatively in the paper.

What kind of preparation is required post the written exam?

 Post the written exam, if selected, you'll have a studio test and portfolio interview at the campus. Studio test checks not only your creativity but also tests your hands-on skills and spontaneity. Observation and memory retention are other traits you'll be tested for. In the portfolio interview, you will be required to talk about your work over the past few years and answer questions put forth by the panelist.

> IMPORTANT DATES

APPLICATION DATE

The admissions announcement is published in leading national dailies around end of September, beginning of October

EXAM DATE:

The written test is conducted during January and short-listed candidates are invited for studio tests & interviews around April

Courtesy: Educationtimes.com

Fewer foreign students at NID this year

The National Institute of Design’s (NID) move to attract foreign students at the campus suffered a major setback as India’s premier design institute managed to get only 15 NRI students.

Last year, when the idea to have 10 percent seats allotted for students of foreign origin and NRIs was proposed, the management gave it a green signal as the institute was confident of attracting students from across the globe.

However, the real story showed a completely different picture as the 15 students selected from the 26 applications are from countries such as Thailand, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Dubai and Qatar. The institute was expecting major participation from students from countries such as the UK, US, Australia and Germany which has a major chunk of NRIs.

Despite this, NID registrar Vijaya Deshmukh is still upbeat about the decision and said the poor response is because the institute did not adequately advertise overseas.

“The news of admission to foreign students has spread through word of mouth. As we plan for the next academic year, we intend to advertise with help from the Indian Embassy and through advertisement in newspapers overseas,” she said.

NID had decided to give admission to 10 percent foreign students from the
academic year 2013-14. As per the system, if the institute gives admission to 100 students, 10 additional students from the new criterion will be admitted.

Source: DNA News

Suggestions on the National Institute of Design Bill, 2013

Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce Invites Suggestions on the National Institute of Design Bill, 2013

The National Institute of Design Bill, 2013, introduced in the Rajya Sabha on the 11th March, 2013, has been referred to the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce, headed by Shri Shanta Kumar, M.P., Rajya Sabha, for examination and report.  The National Institute of Design Bill, 2013, inter alia, seeks to provide for declaration of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, as an institution of national importance and make it a body corporate to nurture and promote quality and excellence in design education, to conduct research and training in all disciplines related to design; to confer honorary degrees, diplomas, certificates, awards and other academic distinctions or titles in disciplines relating to design and to act as a nucleus for interaction between academia and industry by encouraging exchange of designers and other technical staff between the Institute and the industry and undertaking sponsored and funded research as well as consultancy projects. The Committee has decided to invite memoranda, containing views/ suggestions/ comments from individuals/ experts/ stakeholders, etc., interested in the subject-matter of the Bill, and also to hear oral evidence on the subject. Those desirous of submitting memoranda to the Committee may send their written memoranda either in English or Hindi to Shri Narendra Kumar, Deputy Director, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Room No. 540, Second Floor, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi-110001 (Tel: 23034084, FAX: 23014948, E-mail: narendra.rs@sansad.nic.in) within fifteen days of publication of this advertisement. Those who are willing to appear before the Committee for oral evidence besides submitting the memoranda may indicate so. However, the Committee's decision in this regard shall be final. The memoranda submitted to the Committee would form part of the records of the Committee and will be treated as confidential. These are not to be disclosed to anyone, till the report of the Committee is presented to Parliament, violation of which would constitute a breach of privilege of the Committee. The Bill has been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 2, dated the 11th March, 2013. Copies of the Bill can be obtained on written request from Shri Amit Kumar, Assistant Director, Cabin-G, Basement, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi (Tel: 23034036, FAX: 23793633, E-mail: rsc-comm@sansad.nic.in) or can be downloaded from the official web-site of the Rajya Sabha (http://raiyasabha.nic.in), under the caption "Bills with the Committees".

NID 2013 Results to be Announced

As stated in the brochure and website, the NID Results for Entrance 2013- 2014 were to be posted by today ie, March 04, 2012.

While exploring the website, Target NID found the following link which declares to be the Online Result Announcement. Though presently it shows no results, be hooked to this page for more updates.

Update 01:NID Results weblink is being updated. Click the following 'RESULTS Tab' in a couple of hours.  

Update 02:NID Results will be announced on March 6, 2013 by 06: 00 PM.

Update 03:Due to Technical Issues, NID Results will be declared on March 07, 2013 by 06:00 PM. We recommend you to check your result from our website as it will have less load than that of NID's Server. All the Best.

Update 04: NID is facing certain Technical Issues, and results will be announced shortly (till further notice). We suggest you to Subscribe Our Blog so that we can inform you in case of any updates related to Results 2013. 

Update 05: NID PGDPD Results announced. Click Below for PGDPD Results 2013. GDPD Results will be announced shortly. 

Update 06: NID GDPD Results announced.

Click Here for NID 2013 Results

NID holds its 33rd convocation

Around 250 post-graduate and under-graduate students of National Institute of Design (NID) received their diplomas at the institute’s 33rd convocation ceremony on Thursday.

Addressing the gathering, CMD of Mahindra& Mahindra, Anand Mahindra, who is also the chairman of NID’s governing council, said degrees in designing were like the new MBAs.

“I can smell a revolution in the air as I stand here at the campus.The future belongs to artists, designers, inventors, innovators and explorers. There are battlefields like workplaces and public landscapes where you will have to bring in change.We will do our best to multiply your tribe (designers),” he said while talking about the four new NIDs that are being mentored by the NID, Ahmedabad.

In his welcome address, NID director Pradyumna Vyas highlighted four new collaborative agreements that the institute has signed with similar entities across the world.

NID is awaiting Central nod for a “Centre of Excellence” status for itself. If it comes, the institute will get Rs 25 crore for infrastructure development from the Centre.

Noted filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who was the chief guest for the event, also spoke, urging young designers to develop a “new paradigm of culture through design”.

Source: Express India

NID Hall Tickets Dispatched

Basics on Light and Shadow

Knowing where and how to draw light and shadows can turn shapes into forms, such as a circle into a sphere, and give your drawing life and depth. Figuring out where light and shadow is in your drawing isn't tricky, but it does take practice. In this guide, you’ll learn how to see the lights and shadows and how to transfer what you see to the paper.



Learn More about Light and Shadow:   
http://idiotsguides.com/static/quickguides/artphotography/drawing_101_seeing_light_and_shadows.html

Basics on 1 Point and 2 Point Perspective Drawing

About Perspective Drawing

Perspective drawing is a drawing technique used to illustrate dimension through a flat surface. There are many forms used under perspective drawing such as, one perspective, two-point perspective, three-point perspective, bird’s eye view, worm’s eye view and others. For this tutorial, a one perspective is used to draw a scene under a checkered pathway. One perspective is also a perspective drawing that has one vanishing point were the lines drawn are parallel to each other and are at “infinity.”

To learn more about Perspective Drawing: http://drawsketch.about.com/od/perspective/Perspective_Drawing.htm

NIDians begin Job Mela with Rs. 38 Lakh offer

If the whopping Rs38 lakh per annum offer to two students, the highest ever package offered to a student of National Institute of Design (NID) is anything to go by, the economic slowdown does not seem to have affected the prospects of design students. Placements Season-2012 at NID began on Friday.

The offer by Japan-based Toshiba company is reportedly more than three times higher than the highest offer made last year — thanks to a new initiative by the institute called Student Online Portfolios. This initiative aims to connect industries and students to minimise the gap between education, research and industries. The portfolios can be accessed by design community and industries.

As per the figures shared by the institute last year, Rs11.08 lakh per annum was the highest salary offered to students. In a press release, the institute said that on the first day of placements, 32 companies, including big names like Honda R&D (India) Pvt Ltd, TCS, Maruti Suzuki, Titan Industries and Toshiba, had participated.

Source: DNA News

NIDian wins I-Design Award

A product design student from National Institute of Design bagged the award in the 'Medical Equipment and Devices Design' category for 2012-13 with three other recipients in the I-Design Award competition in Chennai. Every year, products that focus on innovation, technology, design and creativity are recognized by the awards.

Malav Sanghvi of NID had participated in the competition with his project 'Walking Aid support stick'. "There is a need for design inputs in the field of amputation and prosthesis. I emphasized on the needs of the persons with disability to use of the hand's muscular power to operate the leg by a strategically designed stick. The aid can be used for physical ailments like weak leg muscles, muscle tear, ligament tear, knee problems, paralysis, short foot and prosthesis training," he said. The stick is strapped on the leg, thigh, below knee, ankle and one of the forearms. The high point of the design is adjustability of straps by which the user transfers maximum force from the hands to the legs. 

The compactness of the device allows for easy packaging and subsequent ease in transportation and storage. The strap can be rotated, thus allowing the stick to be used on both legs, said Sanghvi.

Source: TOI

Zimbabwe: Zim-India Arts, Craft Ties Hailed

THE National Gallery of Zimbabwe and the National Institute of Design in India should come up with a curriculum and capacity building initiatives in art and craft to ensure artworks meet international standards, a Government official has said.

Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises and Co-operative Development, Sithembiso Nyoni, said this in a speech read on her behalf by the ministry's permanent secretary, Mrs Evelyn Ndlovu, during an exhibition of samples and prototypes at the National Art Gallery on Saturday.

Minister Nyoni called on arts and craft centres in Zimbabwe and India to continue working together in empowering their people.

"The Government of Zimbabwe through my ministry is appreciative of this gesture by the Indian government through the Ministry of External Affairs and National Institute of Design. We, in Government see it as the first step in empowering our people.

"The ministry, however, would like to see the programme cascaded to all the provinces of the country so that it becomes national in nature," she said.

She also encouraged the two institutions to come up with initiatives especially on cultural exchange that can enable artists produce more appealing pieces for international markets.

"The National Handcraft Centre and Mbare Vocational Training Centres are good examples where such skills are needed and whatever products produced are of high quality that can meet international standards and will open doors for Zimbabwean arts and craft," said the minister.

Speaking at the same occasion, Indian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Jeitendra Tripathi, rallied behind the support given to arts and craft sector by the two countries.

"On behalf of my country India, would like to comment the relationship between our countries. We managed to engage our people in a cultural exchange programme so that they can learn and teach each other new skills.

"Talented artists from Zimbabwe visited India for two weeks where they leant a lot and we hope the knowledge imparted will benefit everyone at grassroots level in both countries," said Mr Tripathi.
The National Gallery's director Mrs Doreen Sibanda also took the opportunity to thank the Government's support in their bid to achieve their goals.

"I thank our Government and the ministry for supporting us in our one year project that has today produced results. This has seen us being able to fulfill our mandate of empowering rural women in traditional craft," she said.

The programme took place under the aegis of the Africa India Forum Summit in terms of India's NID, assisted by the New Basket Workshop, while working with basket weavers in five countries in Africa, with Zimbabwe being the first.

Source: allAfrica

Students De-Stress with Garba

These days, students at National Institute of Design (NID) are enthusiastic even after a long, hectic day of class, projects and presentations. For, after class signals the beginning of the garba practice session, which goes on till 2 am.

Navratri comes as a big break for students at various institutes in Ahmedabad, who battle stress on a daily basis. And students across institutes are busy mastering the complicated garba steps.

Shambavi Tiwari, coordinator for garba at NID, said, "Garba sessions are stress busters for us. We work the entire day and get tired but nobody bunks the fun garba sessions. The seniors teach the juniors typical garba steps with the taalis while the dhol plays in the background. Most of the students have also finished their Navratri shopping."

NID, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University and Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA) are among the popular hot spots of sheri garba in Ahmedabad.

The revelry on campuses begins much before the nine nights of festivities begin. Students decorate the campus using paintings, lamps, matkas and sculptures.

Students of CEPT University give a twist to the garba, yet maintaining the essence of the Gujarati tradition. "Our garba does not involve the claps or the taali but has slow, graceful hand gestures and movements. The garba attire is very non conventional with students opting for long, printed skirts and simple spaghetti tops and a dupatta instead of the heavy chaniya choli.

"We do not encourage Bollywood music or orchestras but invite a mandali from a village in Gujarat, which dishes out Gujarati folk music," said Mansi Patel, a final year student of School of Interior Design at CEPT.

Navratri is the time when MICA celebrates its annual cultural festival, Oorja. It is a two-day event with a pre-week long celebration. This year, the theme for the week is the Crazy Week. For seven days, students have several activities and have to dress in a certain way. For instance, the first day was celebrated as Torn Day, where everyone had to wear something ragged, cut or torn the whole day.

"Students are looking forward to the garba and dandia sessions to be held for four days. Themes include Go Green, Inside Out Clothes, Cartoon Tees and so on. Oorja 2012 will end on October 20 with dandia night where other colleges are also invited," said Vidya Nair from the cultural committee at MICA.

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar also host garba night and invite students from other institutes to join in the festivities.

Source: TOI

Plan For New NIDs Gains Pace

Plans to set up four new National Institutes of Design (NID) across India are gaining pace with land for the new campuses at Jorhat in Assam, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh having already been transferred while the proposed site for a campus in Kurukshetra, Haryana, has been finalised and awaiting a final transfer.

In fact, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to lay the foundation stone for the Hyderabad campus, to be located inside the Central University's sprawling campus there, sometime next month. Singh had last year laid the foundation stone for the campus at Jorhat.

Meanwhile, the governing council of the existing NID — which currently has campuses in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Bangalore — has been directed to begin brainstorming on how the four new NIDs would be governed, particularly on whether they should each have their own directors and governing boards like the IIMs and IITs or be more centralised with one director-general looking after operations in various campuses, as is the case with the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).

A final call on this is expected to be taken once the Planning Commission (PC) finalises the financial allocation for the new NIDs although the current NID is most likely to handhold the new institutes at least in the beginning, according to NID Director Pradyumna Vyas, who has lately been frequenting Delhi and the planned sites as part of finalisation moves.

On the other hand, the PC has also been lending an attentive ear to a group of senior design faculty calling themselves the Vision First Team and is reportedly considering setting up an Open Design School (ODS) and several Design Innovation Centres (DICs) alongside.

The team enjoys strong backing from Sam Pitroda, chairman of the National Innovation Council, and had in fact gotten a considerable toehold in after the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) — under which NID functions — was forced to float new Request For Proposals (RFPs) for new NIDs in mid-2011. Bids for the first RFP had been found unsatisfactory.

The DIPP had been struggling to get funding for the new institutes after the PC did not provide the Rs 534 crore that were estimated as needed for the project, and had to resort to seeing if a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model could be explored.

Source: Indian Express