National Institute of Design Ahmedabad Paldi Answered Questions

The National Institute of Design Andhra Pradesh is established in September 2015 as an autonomous Institute under the DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. It is situated temporarily in Acharya Nagarjuna University on Guntur - Vijayawada highway (NH 16) as a transit campus before moving to permanent campus to come up in 50 acres site in Amravati, new Capital City of Andhra Pradesh. NID Andhra Pradesh currently offers full-time four year Bachelor of Design (B. Des. ). With specialisation streams of
1. INDUSTRIAL DESIGN,
2. COMMUNICATION DESIGN and
3. TEXTILE & APPAREL DESIGN. While National Institute of Design, Haryana, was established on November 15, 2016 as an autonomous institute under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, to emerge as a global leader in Design Education and Research. NID Haryana currently offers full-time four year Bachelor of Design (B. Des. ). With specialisation streams of
1. INDUSTRIAL DESIGN,
2. COMMUNICATION DESIGN and
3. TEXTILE & APPAREL DESIGN. The Rajya Sabha (State Assembly of India) passed the National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which declares the four National Institutes of Design (NID) in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Haryana as institutions of national importance. So from above both NID have equal importance in terms of Infrastructure and faculty members. Hence can not differentiate here. You can choose anyone of them near to yours proximity.

Yes you are eligible. The eligibility criteria of B.Des. of NID for Product Design is given below. Eligibility criteria : 10+2 in any streams or AICTE approved three-year Full time Diploma after Class X offered by Board of Technical Education of any state in India or Union Territories. 

NID offers the following B. Des. Courses in following disciplines:
1. Ceramic and Glass Design
2. Product Design
3. Furniture and Interior Design
4. Animation and film Design
5. Exhibition Design
6. Film and video Communication Design
7. Graphic Design
8. Textile Design
While NID also offers M.Des. In 19 disciplines and few of them are the same as above.

The admission in NID for B.Des courses are based on NID Entrance exam (DAT Prelims) generally conducted in the month of December every year. The online application process for entrance exam will be begin in the first week of October 2020. NID conducts DAT Prelims and DAT Main exams for B.Des courses. DAT Main is conducted at NID center. The eligibility criteria for B.Des courses is given below.
Educational qualification : Applications for academic year 2020-21 are open to applicants who have passed or will appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the academic year 2019-20 in any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, Humanities, etc.) from any recognised board of education such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or their equivalent.
Age Limit:
1. For Indian Nationals in General Category and General EWS Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2000 are eligible to apply for admission.
2. For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL),
3. Scheduled Caste (SC) & Scheduled Tribe (ST)): Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1997 are eligible to apply for admission.
4. For Indian Nationals in PwD Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1995 are eligible to apply for admission.
5. For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2000 are eligible to apply for admission.
So you have enough time for preparation of NID entrance exam and apply timely when application process get started. Use the NID website for application and other details http://www.nid.edu/

As per the eligibility criteria of NID for B.Des course - The candidates should be 10+2 in any stream (Science/ Arts/ Commerce).Age : Maximum 20 years ( 23 years for OBC/SC/ST). For PWD candidates 25 years.
So you may choose anyone of stream as per your interest.

Most of the students got CGPA around 7.5 to 8, but when you score CGPA above 8 that CGPA is good because CGPA is only way to express your academic skills but with the academic skills you must have to improve your communication skills and other skills so that you can get a good job after engineering.

B.Des in Fashion Design is a 4-year undergraduate course, the minimum eligibility for which is a Higher Secondary Certificate (10+2) qualification with a minimum aggregate score of 50%. The programme is spread over 8 semesters, with the final semester being based on the candidate's chosen stream of study.