National Institute of Design


The National Institute of Design is a design school in Ahmedabad with campuses in Gandhinagar and Bengaluru. The other NIDs are in Kurukshetra , Vijayawada and Jorhat. The institute functions as an autonomous body under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. NID is recognised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research under Ministry of Science and Technology, government of India, as a scientific and industrial design research organisation.
NID is accorded as "Institutes of National Importance" by Act of Parliament, under the National Institute of Design Act, 2014.

Background

As a result of the Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956, the government of India invited the design team of Charles and Ray Eames to recommend a program of design to serve as an aid to small industries in India. On the basis of their document, 'The India Report', the government of India set up the National Institute of Design in 1961 as an autonomous national institution for research, service and training in industrial design and visual communication. The Sarabhai family, especially Gautam Sarabhai and his sister Gira, played a major role in establishment of this institute. Designer and sculptor Dashrath Patel was its founder secretary. He held the post till 1981, and was awarded the Padma Shri in the same year.

Campuses

The institute has three active campuses, Main Campus-Ahmedabad, Post Graduate Campus - Gandhinagar and the third one is R&D Campus - Bengaluru. Other three new NIDs were established by Government of India in 2015 and later.
NameEstablishedState/UT
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad 1961Gujarat
National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar 19 July 2004Gujarat
National Institute of Design, Bengaluru 31 March 2006Karnataka

National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar

The National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar is an extension campus of National Institute of Design, situated in the city of Gandhinagar.
It provides postgraduate courses in Lifestyle and accessory design, New Media Design, Photography Design, Transportation and Automobile design, Apparel Design, Strategic Design Management and Toy and Game Design.

National Institute of Design, Bengaluru Campus, Bengaluru

The National Institute of Design Bengaluru Campus, located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, specializes in research and development activities related to design.

History

The Bengaluru office of NID was initially located at Rajajinagar and functioned as an interface to coordinate projects between the main institute at Ahmedabad and the technology industry which is centred on Bengaluru.
A campus was later planned to be built at Yeshwantpur, a suburb in Northwest Bengaluru. The new campus was built at a cost of 7.5 crores and was officially inaugurated on 31 March 2006 by Dr Darlie O'Koshy, who was the executive director of NID at the time.

Campus

There are 3 main campuses including one in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Bangalore.
The campus is located in Peenya, from Yeshwantpur railway station on the arterial Tumkur Road that connects Bengaluru and Mumbai. The campus is in proximity to two other Central Government Institutes, Central Manufacturing Technology Institute and Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, and is 5 km away from the Indian Institute of Science along the same road.
The Campus can be accessed by public transport buses operated by the BMTC from the junction of Outer Ring Road and Tumkur Road at Gorguntepalya or Peenya on Tumkur Road. The campus is also accessible by the Bangalore Metro and is located 100m from Peenya Metro Station.

Academics and admissions

The courses available to join at various campuses of NID include Bachelor of Design, Graduate Diploma Program in design, Masters of Design, Doctorate of Philosophy in Design, Foundation Courses are UG courses and International Programs through Research and International workshops. A total of 100 seats for undergraduate studies and 285 seats for post graduate courses are available across all campuses of NID.
NID's entrance exam Design Aptitude Test which is also popularly called the National Entrance Examination for Design is a National level entrance exam organized for admission to UG and PG courses separately by NID each year. These exams for B.Des and M.Des exams are conducted in 12 exam centers across India.

Events

Industry and online programs

NID conducts workshops for industry professionals and students all year long. Some of these are for industry professionals only.

NODE - NIDs Online Design Education

In December 2015, NID launched NODE, an online initiative which delivers self-directed and self-paced design classes from the faculty of the National Institute of Design to students across the country. Students need not be enrolled in NID, and must only pay a nominal fee, to take these classes. NID does not issue physical certificates on course completion. Only a digital certificate is issued. The first course was launched on 23 December 2015, titled "Design Fundamentals", and consisted of 47 online classes.

Dfrost

Dfrost is the annual design and cultural festival hosted by the National Institute of Design R&D campus, Bangalore. It is held around the 20th of March every year.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of the institute include: