NID announces changes in tie-break criteria for BDes/ GDPD admissions 2020

National Institute of Design has made an amendment in BDes/ GDPD admission policy related to tie-break. Get more details about NID admissions 2020 for BDes/ GDPD course.

NID has made changes in its tie-break policy for preparing the final merit list for BDes/ GDPD admissions 2020. Earlier, National Institute of Design (NID) followed upto four steps to break a tie in scores/ rank of aspirants seeking admission in Bachelor of Design (BDes) or Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD) at the design school campuses. However, this year the design school offers upto to six tie-breaking criteria for NID admissions 2020 for BDes/ GDPD programmes.

New NID Final Merit List Tie-Break Criteria 2020

Mentioned below is the step-wise tie-breaking policy that will be followed by NID Admission Cell while preparing the final merit list for BDes/ GDPD admissions 2020 through NID entrance exam 2020. In a situation wherein the total marks secured by two or more candidates is the same, then NID will follow the below mentioned tie-break policy for awarding ranks:

• Higher rank to be assigned to the aspirant who has obtained higher marks in NID DAT Mains 2020
• If this criteria does not break the tie, then higher rank to be assigned to the aspirant who has obtained higher marks in NID DAT Prelims
• If this criteria does not break the tie, then higher rank to be assigned to the aspirant who has obtained higher marks in NID DAT Prelims Test Part II
• If this criteria does not break the tie, then higher rank to be assigned to the aspirant who has obtained higher total marks in Question No.- 25,26 & 27 of NID DAT Prelims Test Part II
• If this criteria does not break the tie, then higher rank to be assigned to the aspirant who has obtained higher marks in Question No.- 25 of NID DAT Prelims Test Part II
• If this criteria does not break the tie, then higher rank to be assigned to the aspirant who has obtained higher marks in Question No.- 26 of DAT Prelims Test Part II

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New NID Admission Process 2020 for BDes/ GDPD

NID changed NID Entrance Exam criteria for BDes/ GDPD course admissions due to COVID-19 pandemic. NID Admission Cell has also changed the weightage allocated to NID DAT Prelims and NID DAT Mains in order to create the result/ merit list. As per the earlier shortlisting criteria, the weightage allocated to NID DAT Prelims for BDes/ GDPD admissions was 30% and NID DAT Mains was allocated a weightage of 70%. However, the new weightage allocated to each of these exams for NID admissions 2020 is mentioned in the table below:

Exam	Weightage
NID DAT Prelims	70%
NID DAT Mains	30% (online interaction)

Candidates are advised to stay tuned to Shiksha for latest updates around NID Admissions 2020.

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