Career as Product and Industrial Design

• Design departments of manufacturing firms, industries.
• Consulting firms
• Specialists in ceramic design work in industries manufacturing table ware, sanitary wares, light fittings, pottery, decorative porcelain and materials for electrical and other industries

• Design Daku etc.
• LG
• OGS Animation
• Onio

*NID Bachelor of Design (Four-year)Eligibility : Max.20 yrs relaxable 3 yrs.XII Any subject

NID Master of Design (Two-and-a-half years)Eligibility: Max 30 years (relaxable by three years for reserved category) Bachelor’s degree in any discipline under the 10+2+4/ Diploma in Design under the 10+2+4 system/ Bachelor’s degree in any discipline under the 10+2+3

*NID-DAT - Students to all design courses are selected through a two-stage competitive exam which tests knowledge, skills and special abilities of candidates.

Stage1: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims is conducted at various test centers across India. DAT Prelims is a 2 part test of 3 hour duration. It tests : Knowledge, Comprehension, Analysis, Creativity, Visualization.

Part I: Multiple-choice questions marked out of 70 points.

Part II: Subjective questions marked out of 30 points, with responses to visual and/or written formats. The question paper is in English. All questions are compulsory. There is no negative marking.

Stage 2: Candidates shortlisted after the DAT Prelims appear for DAT Main. The test center is at NID Ahmedabad.

DAT Mains has two parts:

1-Studio Test:  which consists of tests in different formats such as drawing/sketching, hands-on model making, group discussions etc. (100 marks)

2-Interviews: for each discipline

NID Vijayawada  and NID Kurukshetra are independent autonomous institutes under the DIPP, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and offer four-year long Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD).

**IIT BDes:  Selection is through UCEED(Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design) for admissions to the Bachelor of Design (B.Des) programmes at IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati and IIITDM Jabalpur,

Eligibility: XII PCM for IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati and IIITDM Jabalpur.  XII :Science without Maths or Physics or Chemistry/ Commerce/Humanities are eligible to apply to only IIT Bombay and IIITDM Jabalpur.

*** IIT MDes Eligibility:B.Tech/B.E. degree in any branches of Engineering; B.Des and B.Arch with a valid GATE/CEED score. CEED(Common Entrance Examination for Design) It is a qualifying examination for admission to Master of Design (MDes) programmes at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIITDM Jabalpur, and IIT Kanpur, and to Ph.D programmes in Design at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, and IIT Kanpur. Qualifying in CEED alone does not guarantee admission to any of these programmes. Admitting institutes may conduct further tests and / or interviews for the final selection / admission.

Eligibility: Degree/Diploma/ Post graduate degree of 4 yrs/ 3+2 years (after 10+2)/ GD Arts diploma (10+5 level). There is no age limit to appear for CEED and candidates can appear for CEED any number of times.