NID 2024

The four-year Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programme is offered at NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh, NID Assam in the following areas of specialization:

# Maximum seats in any programme can be 25, keeping the total seats as 75.

• Successful candidates admitted to B.Des. Programme at NID AP will be required to attend a mandatory foundation programme of one-year duration.
• Allotment of a discipline of choice is based on a candidate’s performance in the Foundation Programme.
• The B.Des programme at NID AP has 75 seats including all categories.

The four-year Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programme is offered at NID Haryana in the following areas of specialization:

The B.Des. programme commences with a two-semester rigorous Foundation Program followed by six semesters of specialized courses.

The four-year Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) programme is offered at NID Madhya Pradesh in the following areas of specialization:

NID, Assam offers full-time four year Bachelor’s Programme in Design (B.Des.) with specialisation streams of Industrial Design, Communication Design, and Textile & Apparel Design with multi-disciplinary approach to design education:

# Indicative. Allotment of discipline may vary as per the resolution/decision of the Senate/ Governing Council.

• Successful candidates admitted to B.Des. Programme at NID Assam will be required to attend a mandatory foundation programme of one-year duration.
• Allotment of a discipline of choice is based on a candidate’s performance in the Foundation Programme/First Year.
• The B.Des programme at NID Assam has 75 seats including all categories.

All candidates applying for the B.Des. must fulfill the eligibility criteria of both age and education qualification as under.

Age Limit:

• For Indian Nationals in General Category and General EWS Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2003 are eligible to apply for admission.
• For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBC- NCL), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST): Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2000 are eligible to apply for admission.
• For Indian Nationals in PwD Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1998 are eligible to apply for admission.
• For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 2003 are eligible to apply for admission.

Educational Qualification:

Applications for academic year 2024-25 are open to candidates who have passed or will appear for higher secondary (10+2) qualifying examinations in the academic year 2023–24 in any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, Humanities etc.) from any recognized board of education such as CBSE, IB, ICSE or equivalent.

Examinations considered equivalent to these are as follows:

• Final examination of the 10+2 system under a Central or State Board recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU, Refer http://www.aiu.ac.in).
• Intermediate or two-year pre-University examination under a Board or University recognized by the Association of Indian Universities.
• Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
• Senior Secondary School examination under the National Institute of Open Schooling, with a minimum of five subjects.
• Any public school, Board or University examination completed in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities.
• H.S.C. vocational examination.
• General Certificate Education (GCE) examination at the Advanced (A) level taken in London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka.
• AICTE-approved three-year Full time Diploma after Class X offered by Board of Technical Education of any state in India or Union Territories as mentioned on http://www.aicte- india.org.
• Candidates who have completed final examinations for class XII (or equivalent) outside India or from a Board not specified above should produce an equivalence certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) confirming that the examination they have passed is equivalent to the Class XII examination conducted in India. This certificate is required to be submitted at the time of document verification. Visit http://www.aiu.ac.in for more details about how to obtain an equivalence certificate.

Overseas Category (Supernumerary) candidates:

Foreign citizens—candidates holding citizenship of a country other than the Republic of India—only, are eligible to apply under the Overseas (supernumerary) category, provided they fulfill all the eligibility criteria.

In addition to the seats available for the B.Des. Programme, an additional 15% supernumerary seats are available for Overseas category candidates. The number of seats available in Overseas (supernumerary) category is as under:

Note:

• Candidates under Overseas (supernumerary) category fall outside the ambit of seats reserved for the GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories. Such candidates cannot avail the facility of age-relaxation, scribe etc.
• Candidates under Overseas (supernumerary) category are required to pay the fees as per the Overseas fees structure.
• Candidates holding OCI and PIO card will have to apply only under the Overseas (supernumerary) category.
• Candidates must possess a valid passport. The candidate must ensure that the passport is current (not expired) at the time of applying online.
• Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) holding an Indian passport are not eligible to apply under the Overseas (supernumerary) category and will have to apply as Indian nationals.
• Candidates will be offered admission to NID based on the final merit list of the Overseas (supernumerary) category, which will be prepared after all the stages of the admission process have been completed. Candidates will be offered admission to NID based on the minimum qualifying criteria as mentioned in Section 8.5.
• To accept the offer of admissions, overseas category candidates are required to produce the following documents along with their self-attested photocopies:
  • Self-attested copy of the relevant pages of their valid passport.
  • Self-attested copies of their grade sheets/mark sheets of SSC (Grade X) and HSC (Grade XII). Candidates in the process of completing their Grade XII must submit a bonafide certificate from their school or college.
  • - An equivalence certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi, will have to be obtained in advance and required to be submitted at the time of the physical verification of document/in-person counselling.
• The candidate will be responsible for obtaining a student visa for the entire duration of the programme at NID, before the commencement of the programme.
• If the selected candidates do not pay their programme fees or fail to produce any of the required documents, or if they decline the offer of admissions, their candidature will stand cancelled and their seat will be offered to the next candidate in the order of merit under Overseas category.
• Seats remaining vacant/unfilled in the Overseas (supernumerary) category will lapse and will not be transferred to candidates from any other categories.
• Overseas candidates will have to appear for DAT Prelims and DAT Mains as per the schedule.
• Overseas candidates may choose their test centre for DAT Prelims from any of the test centres mentioned.
• The medium of instruction at NID is English language.

Important Note:

• a. Candidates who are yet to appear for the Class XII examination in the year 2024 should have passed the same in the first attempt. If the candidate has any backlog/ compartment/ supplementary or have not cleared the Class XII examination, whatsoever may be the reason, his/her admission will be treated as null and void (cancelled) and the entire fees will be forfeited.
• b. If the Class XII result is not declared by the concerned Board/University till the date of the seat allotment, as per the schedule mentioned in Section 2 of the Admissions Handbook, his/her admission in such case will be strictly provisional subject to:
• i. An undertaking in the prescribed format as available on https://admissions.nid.edu duly signed by the Candidates as well his/her parent(s) is to be submitted, during the seat allotment, payment of token fees and uploading of documents, as per the schedule mentioned in Section 2 of the Admissions Handbook.
• ii. Those candidates who are seeking provisional admission due to non-declaration of their Class XII result, will have to submit their qualifying marksheet on or before 15 July 2024. In case the candidate fails to submit his/her Class XII result on or before 15 July 2024, whatsoever may be the reason, his/her admission will be treated as null and void (cancelled) and the entire fees will be forfeited.
• c. Any candidate who has not appeared for the Class XII examination before the date of the seat allocation, will not be eligible to participate in the further process of admission.

As per the norms of the Government of India, the total number of seats available (as mentioned below) for Indian Nationals under the B.Des. programmes are classified into different categories as mentioned below:

Foreign nationals applying under the Overseas category are outside the ambit of reservation of seats for the GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories.

In accordance with the guidelines of the Government of India, the prescribed number of seats reserved for each of these categories are as follows:

+ Amendments to the change in the number of seats for each NID, if any, will be updated on the official website https://admissions.nid.edu only in the Amendment Section of this Handbook.

Reservation of seats for Economically Weaker Section (EWS):

General category belonging to the Economically Weaker Section (GEN-EWS) will be a reserved category in which the percentage of reservation is 10%. The benefit of reservation will be given only to those General category candidates who satisfy the condition given in the OM No. 20013/01/2018-BC-II dated 17 January 2019 issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, Government of India.

The benefit of reservation under GEN-EWS can be availed upon production of an Income & Asset Certificate issued by a Competent Authority. The Income and Asset Certificate issued by any one of the following authorities in the prescribed format as available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu shall only be considered valid.

1. District Magistrate/Additional District Magistrate/ Collector/ Deputy Commissioner/ Additional Deputy Commissioner/ 1st Class Stipendiary Magistrate/ Sub-Divisional Magistrate/ Taluka Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/ Extra Assistant Commissioner
2. Chief Presidency Magistrate/Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate
3. Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar and
4. Sub-Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/or his family normally resides.

The EWS certificate must be issued on or after 01 April 2022 based on the gross annual income of the financial year 2022-23 (as mentioned in the format available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu in Download section). The certificate must be in the name of the candidate along with the candidate’s photo on the certificate in the prescribed format only as available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu.

Based on the information provided by the candidate in the application form while applying online, the candidate will be provisionally allowed to appear for the DAT Prelims and subsequent tests, if shortlisted. It will be the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide / upload valid certificates at the time of applying online.

The verification of the category certificate will be carried out after the DAT Prelims. During verification if it is found that the GEN-EWS certificate of the candidate is not valid, then the candidate will be moved to General category, and he/she will be considered as General category candidate for further admissions process.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.

On verification, even after admissions, if the information/document/ category certificate are found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of such candidate will summarily stand cancelled.

NID’s decision will be final and binding. No further communication in this regard will be entertained.

Reservation of seats for Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer):

The name of the caste must be in the current Central list of OBCs available at: http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/CentralListStateView.aspx and the format of the OBC-NCL certificate must be as per the Central format (available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu in Download section). If the caste of the OBC candidate is mentioned in the State list, but not mentioned in the Central list, then such candidates will not be entitled to claim the benefit of reservation under OBC-NCL category.

Candidates belonging to the Creamy Layer of OBC are not entitled to apply under reserved category (OBC-NCL) and will have to submit their application under General (unreserved) category only.

Candidates applying under the OBC-NCL (Non-Creamy Layer) category are required to produce / upload a valid certificate on their name in English/Hindi language only, issued on or after 01 April 2022, (based on the gross annual income for the financial year 2022-23) from the relevant competent authorities of their respective State or Union Territory, certifying that they do NOT belong to the Creamy Layer, along with the final application form. For certificates that are not in the English/Hindi language, the candidate is required to produce / upload a notarized copy of the certificate in English/Hindi version along with the original copy of the category certificate.

Based on the information provided by the candidate in the application form while applying online, the candidate will be provisionally allowed to appear for the DAT Prelims and subsequent tests, if shortlisted. It will be the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide / upload valid certificates at the time of applying online.

The verification of the category certificate will be carried out after the DAT Prelims. During verification if it is found that the OBC-NCL certificate of the candidate is not valid, then the candidate will be moved to General category (provided the candidate has not availed age relaxation benefit), and he/she will be considered as General category candidate for further

admissions process. In the case where the candidate has availed age relaxation benefit, his/her candidature shall stand cancelled.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.

On verification, even after admissions, if the information/document/ category certificate are found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of such candidate will summarily stand cancelled.

NID’s decision will be final and binding. No further communication in this regard will be entertained.

Reservation of seats for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes:

The benefit of this reservation will be given only to candidates belonging to castes and tribes mentioned in the central list published by the Government of India, which can be viewed at the following web links: https://socialjustice.gov.in/common/76750 https://tribal.nic.in/ST/LatestListofScheduledtribes.pdf

Candidates applying under SC and ST categories are required to upload the relevant/valid caste/tribe certificate (in English/Hindi language only) at the time of applying online.

The certificate should:
- Be issued in the candidate’s name
- Should mention clearly the name of the caste or tribe to which the candidate belongs to
- Be issued by the competent authorities of their respective state, union territory or the National Commission of Tribes

For certificates that are not in the English/Hindi language, the candidate is required to produce / upload a notarized copy of the certificate in English/Hindi version along with the original copy of the category certificate.

Based on the information provided by the candidate in the application form while applying online, the candidate will be provisionally allowed to appear for the DAT Prelims and subsequent tests, if shortlisted. It will be the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide / upload valid certificates at the time of applying online.

The verification of the category certificate will be carried out after the DAT Prelims. During verification if it is found that the SC/ST certificate of the candidate is not valid, then the candidature of such candidates will stand cancelled.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.

On verification, at any stage during the admission process or even after admissions, if the information/document/ certificate is found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of such candidate will stand cancelled.

NID’s decision will be final and binding. No further communication in this regard will be entertained.

Reservation of Seats for Persons with Disability (PwD):

Of all seats across Open, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC and ST categories, 5% of the total seats are reserved for Persons with Disability (PwD). Admission will be granted to the top 5% of the candidates in the order of merit.

The benefit of reservation will be given only to those candidates with disability as described by the Government of India under RPWD Act 2016.

Candidates applying under this category should have a Disability Certificate as well as Unique Disability ID (UDID) issued by Department of Empowerment of Person with Disability (available at http://www.swavlambancard.gov.in). No other certificate or document will be valid and no representations in this regard will be entertained. Such candidates are required to upload the above-mentioned certificate and UDID at the time of applying online and should produce the original Disability Certificate as well as the UDID at the time of the physical verification of the document.

The verification of the category certificate will be carried out after the DAT Prelims. During verification if it is found that the Disability Certificate and UDID of the candidate is not valid, then the candidature of such candidates will stand cancelled under following scenarios:

- If the candidate has availed either compensatory time or services of a Scribe or age relaxation;

- If the candidate has applied as a PwD under GENERAL or GEN-EWS or OBC-NCL.

If the candidate has applied as PwD under SC/ST and if his/her PwD certificate is not valid & has NOT availed compensatory time and/or services of a Scribe and/or age relaxation, then he/she will be moved to his/her Parent Category (SC/ST). The candidate will be then considered as SC/ST category candidate for further admissions process.

Based on the information provided by the candidate in the application form while applying online, the candidate will be provisionally allowed to appear for the DAT Prelims and subsequent tests, if shortlisted. It will be the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide / upload valid certificates at the time of applying online.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.

On verification, at any stage during the admission process or even after admissions, if the information/document/ certificate is found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of such candidate will stand cancelled.

NID’s decision will be final and binding. No further communication in this regard will be entertained.

SERVICES OF A SCRIBE & COMPENSATORY TIME

The services of a scribe are available to candidates who have a disability and require assistance to fill the OMR sheet for the Objective type of questions of the DAT Prelims exam. However, the candidate will be required to attempt the subjective part of the DAT Prelims exam without the services of scribe and assistance, due to its nature, as described below.

• To avail this benefit, the candidate should select the option of Scribe during the online registration form AND upload a copy of the valid PwD certificate (format available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu), at the time of filling the online application form. The compensatory time of each part/exam is non-transferable. As per Office Memorandum of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment F.No. 34-02/ 2015-DD-III dated August 29, 2018, the PwD candidates who desire to avail the services of a scribe must follow the guidelines for conducting the written examination for Persons with Benchmark disabilities.
• If a PwD candidate wants to avail compensatory time (20 minutes per hour) and/or request the assistance of a scribe, they will have to select relevant options, while filling the online application form. A valid PwD certificate must be uploaded along with such requests (formats available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu).
• The Admission Cell will assess the request along with the supporting document and contact the candidate via email on their registered email id with further instructions if necessary.
• If it is found that a candidate has used the services of a scribe and/or compensatory time but DOES NOT possess the extent of disability that warrants the use of a scribe and/or compensatory time, he/she will be excluded from the process of DAT Prelims answer sheet evaluation, ranking and subsequent stages of admissions. If the candidate has already been admitted, his/her admission will stand cancelled.

Important Information:

Candidates belonging to the GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories will be declared as qualified on the basis of the minimum qualifying criteria as announced in Section 8.5.

Unfilled seats based on minimum qualifying criteria or unavailability of eligible candidates as per minimum qualifying criteria in the OBC-NCL category will be de-reserved and allotted to Open Category candidates in the order of merit.

Unfilled seats based on minimum qualifying criteria or unavailability of eligible candidates as per minimum qualifying criteria in the GEN-EWS, SC & ST category will be NOT de-reserved.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.

No requests for change in category (after the “Window to Edit the Application Form” closes) will be permitted during the subsequent stages of the admissions process.

Candidates must note that that benefit of reservation will be given to them subject to verification of documents (at any stage after DAT Prelims). If it is found at any stage that a

candidate has used a false/fake/incorrect/invalid document or has furnished false/ incorrect/ incomplete information in order to avail the benefit of reservation, then such a candidate shall be excluded from the subsequent stages of admissions. In case a candidate has already been given admission, then the admission shall stand cancelled.

Candidates should note that the mere appearance in Design Aptitude Tests or being in the rank/merit list neither guarantees nor provides any automatic entitlement to admission to the B.Des. programme.

Candidates will have to visit the official admissions website at https://admissions.nid.edu and follow the steps below:

Step 0:

Read and familiarize yourself with the eligibility criteria, number of seats, test centres, reservation policy and other relevant information related to admissions to the B.Des. programmes in Admissions Handbook 2024-25 and confirm that you have read and agreed the same.

Note: The Design Aptitude Tests – DAT Prelims and DAT Mains–are common to candidates to all institutes, NID Ahmedabad, NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh & NID Assam.

Step 1: Signup/Registration

1. All the candidates are required to register/sign up online (by selecting Programme of Study, Nationality & Category) before proceeding to fill the application form. This is to be done only at https://admissions.nid.edu.
2. Candidates must provide a valid email address and an active mobile number while registering. Since this email address and mobile number will be used for all future communications with the candidate, the candidate will receive an OTP on the Registered Email ID and Mobile Number, for validation. The Name of the Candidate, Programme Applied in, Date of Birth, Registered Email ID and Registered Mobile Number cannot be changed at any stage. Ensure that this email ID and mobile number is active till 31 August 2024. Candidates are advised to check their email and SMS on a regular basis for any important communication made by the Admissions Cell via email id admissions@nid.edu or nid@applyadmission.net.
3. After registration, login credentials will be sent via an email to the registered email address (do remember to check your Spam or Junk folders in case you do not find the email in your Inbox).
4. Log in to your account using your Registered Email ID, Date of Birth, and Password to proceed further.
5. In case you forget the Password, click on “Forgot Password”. You will receive a new auto generated password on your registered email ID.
6. If you wish to change the password, log-in using the existing password and click on the “Change Password” link provided on the Home page.

Step 2: Fill the Online Application Form

1. Log in and proceed to Step 2–Application Form.
2. Fill in all the required details.
3. The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.
4. After filling all details, click ‘Save & Proceed’ to go to the next section ‘Upload Document’.
5. Click ‘Save & Exit’ to complete the form at a later time or date.

Step 3: Uploading your Documents and signature

1. Checklist of documents to be uploaded by candidates submitting their application under reserved category at the time of applying online are summarized as under:

   Category/Documents	Photo	Signature	Certificate	Remarks
   General	Yes	Yes	No	---
   General EWS	Yes	Yes	Yes	EWS Certificate
   OBC-NCL	Yes	Yes	Yes	OBC-NCL Certificate
   SC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Caste Certificate
   ST	Yes	Yes	Yes	Tribe Certificate
   General-PwD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Disability Certificate
   GEN-EWS-PwD	Yes	Yes	Yes	EWS Certificate
   				Disability Certificate*
   OBC-NCL-PwD	Yes	Yes	Yes	OBC-NCL Certificate
   				Disability Certificate*
   SC-PwD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Caste Certificate
   				Disability Certificate*
   ST-PwD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Tribe Certificate
   				Disability Certificate*
   Overseas	Yes	Yes	No	First page of Passport
   				Last page of Passport

   *If a PwD candidate is using the facility of the scribe or compensatory time, they have to select relevant options, while filling the online application form and upload a valid Disability Certificate and UDID.

2. Upload a color scanned copy of recent passport-size photograph as per the instructions. The photograph must be in JPG/JPEG format, should be of minimum 75 KB and maximum 100 KB in size. It must be a coloured photograph taken at a professional studio. Photographs with self-composed portraits will not be accepted.
3. Upload your scanned signature as per the instructions. All signature files must be in JPG/JPEG format and should be of minimum 75 KB and maximum 100 KB in size. You should have your signature digitally photographed or scanned and cropped to the required size.
4. Candidates applying under the GEN-EWS category are required to upload their valid EWS Certificate issued by a Competent Authority, in the prescribed format as available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu, shall only be considered valid. The EWS certificate must be issued on or after 01 April 2023, based on the gross annual income of the financial year 2021-22. The certificate must be in the name of the candidate and also must have the candidate’s photo on the certificate. The certificate must be in PDF format and should be of maximum of 2MB in size. For certificates that are not in the English/Hindi language, the candidate is required to produce / upload a notarized copy of the certificate in English language along with the original copy of the category certificate.
5. Candidates applying under the OBC-NCL category are required to upload their valid OBC- NCL Certificate issued by a Competent Authority. The format of the OBC-NCL certificate should be as per the Central format (available on the website https://admissions.nid.eduin Download section). The OBC-NCL certificate must be issued on or after 01 April 2023 (based on the gross annual income of the financial year 2023-24) and in the name of the candidate. The certificate must be in PDF format and should be of maximum 2 MB in size. For certificates that are not in the English/Hindi language, the candidate is required to produce / upload a notarized copy of the certificate in English language along with the original copy of the category certificate.
6. Candidates applying under the SC and ST categories are required to upload their valid Caste Certificate issued in their name by a Competent Authority. For certificates that are not in the English/Hindi language, the candidate is required to produce / upload a notarized copy of the certificate in English language along with the original copy of the category certificate. The certificate must be in PDF format and should be of maximum 2 MB in size.
7. Candidates applying under the Persons with Disability (PwD) category are required to upload their valid Disability Certificate issued by a Competent Medical Authority as per the guidelines of the Government of India (format of which is available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu) along with the Unique Disability Identity Card. The certificate must be in PDF format and should be of maximum 2 MB in size.
8. Candidates applying under the Overseas category are required to upload the first and last page of their valid passport in JPG/JPEG format, clearly showing all of their personal information. The candidate must ensure that the passport is current (not expired) at the time of applying online. The certificate must be in PDF format and should be of maximum 2 MB in size.
9. Click ‘Save & Proceed’ to go to the next section to pay Application Fees. Your Application Form will be accepted only after successful payment of the application fees.
10. If you wish to complete the form later after uploading all the necessary documents, you can click ‘Save and Exit’.

Step 4: Pay Application Fee and Print

1. Category-wise Application Fees for Academic Year 2024-25 are as under:
   

   Category	Application Fees	Application Fee + Late Fee
   General	Rs.3000/-	Rs.4500/-
   General- EWS	Rs.3000/-	Rs.4500/-
   OBC-NCL	Rs.3000/-	Rs.4500/-
   SC	Rs.1500/-	Rs.2250/-
   ST	Rs.1500/-	Rs.2250/-
   General-PwD	Rs.1500/-	Rs.2250/-
   General-EWS-PwD	Rs.1500/-	Rs.2250/-
   OBC-NCL-PwD	Rs.1500/-	Rs.2250/-
   SC-PwD	Rs.1500/-	Rs.2250/-
   ST-PwD	Rs.1500/-	Rs.2250/-
   Overseas (Supernumerary)	Rs.5000/-	Rs.7500/-

   Note: For applications received after Friday, 1600 hrs. 1 December 2023, the late fee applicable will be 50% of the amount indicated above. The late fee is over and above the application fee.

2. The above fees are applicable for NID Ahmedabad, NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Madhya Pradesh & NID Assam either of the three genders.
   NOTE: As per the order of the Supreme Court of India, third gender includes only trans- genders, eunuchs and hijras. Lesbians, gays and bisexuals need to select either Male or Female option, as appropriate.

3. Application fee is NEITHER refundable NOR transferable.
4. The Application fees paid online (by Debit/Credit Card) DOES NOT INCLUDE any bank transaction charges / convenience fee, and the same, as applicable, will have to be borne by the candidate.
5. Candidates will be asked to verify their details, after which they can proceed to make the payment.
6. The fees for the application can be paid only through Debit/Credit Card
7. You will be directed to the payment gateway. After completing the payment process, you will be redirected to the ‘Print’ section where you can save and print a copy of your application form (which would be done only after successful payment of the application fee).
8. Window to Edit Application Form (Tuesday, 1600 hrs. 05 December 2023 to Thursday, 1600 hrs. 07 December 2023)
   • Candidates will be given an opportunity to review and correct their information in the application form between from Tuesday, 1600 hrs. 05 December 2023 to Thursday, 1600 hrs. 07 December 2023.
   • The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.
   • Application fees already paid will not be refunded in case the application is found not eligible for admissions to NID after modifying the information in the application form.
   • Candidates are fully and solely responsible to provide correct information during the application process. At any stage, if it is found that the information provided by the candidate is not correct, NID has the right to cancel his/her candidature. Any direct or indirect attempt to influence the management and employees of the Institute will lead to automatic disqualification of the candidate.

Tests will be conducted in two stages:

Stage 1: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims

Stage 2: Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Mains

Important Date:

DAT (Prelims) for Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) will be conducted on Sunday, 24 December 2023.

About DAT Prelims:

The B.Des. DAT Prelims paper is a paper-and-pencil/pen test, conducted at the same time on the same day across all test centres. The questions asked may involve text and visuals. The duration of the test will be announced in the admit card.

The question paper will be in English language ONLY.

Based on the DAT Prelims scores, separate merit lists shall be prepared for each category (GENERAL, GENERAL-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST & PwD) as applied for by the candidate. Only shortlisted candidates, as per merit, will be eligible to appear for the DAT Mains exam as per the schedule announced.

Separate merit list will be prepared for Overseas candidates.

Depending on any unforeseen situation, the schedules as well as the nature/ structure of the exams can change and all tests can be conducted entirely online or entirely offline or in a combination of both modes, at the discretion of the Institute.

Test Centres for DAT Prelims:

The DAT Prelims will be conducted in the following cities in India:

Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram and Vijayawada. A city may have more than one test centre.

NID reserves the right to add or remove any test centre and allot a test centre that may not be of the candidate’s choice. A city may have more than one test centre. Any request for change of test centre will not be entertained.

NID will not provide accommodation for candidates appearing for the DAT Prelims; candidates must arrange travel/accommodation on their own.

About DAT Mains:

Based on the scores obtained in the DAT Prelims, eligible candidates will be shortlisted for the DAT Mains as per merit. Admit Cards for shortlisted candidates will be available for download only on the official NID admissions website (https://admissions.nid.edu).

The DAT Mains will consist of tests in multiple formats such as in studio set-up. The question paper will be in English language ONLY.

The test centres for the DAT Mains will be announced later.

NID will not provide accommodation for candidates appearing for the DAT Mains; candidates must arrange travel/accommodation on their own.

Depending on any unforeseen situation, the schedules as well as the nature/ structure of the exams can change and all tests can be conducted entirely online or entirely offline or in a combination of both modes, at the discretion of the Institute.

Weightages of DAT Prelims & DAT Mains for Final Result

The final marks of the candidate appearing for the B.Des programme of the National Institute of Design, will be calculated based on the weightages of the marks obtained in the DAT Prelims and DAT Mains, which will be announced later.

Note: Only those candidates who have appeared for all the tests in both the stages will be considered eligible for the Merit List.

In order to be considered for the merit list, a candidate must have appeared for all the tests in both the DAT Prelims and the DAT Mains exams.

Results for DAT Prelims:

Based on the scores obtained in the DAT Prelims and as per merit, separate merit lists shall be prepared for each category as applied for by the candidate (GENERAL, GENERAL-EWS, OBC- NCL, SC, ST, PwD & OVERSEAS). Results for admission to NID for the Academic Year 2024 -25 for the B.Des. (including Overseas candidates) will be declared only on the official admissions website (https://admissions.nid.edu) as per the schedule announced in Section 2 of this document. The candidates’ scores will also be available for viewing at this time.
Separate result score cards (digital or hard copy) will NOT be provided to the candidates. Scores obtained in NID’s DAT exam cannot be used by any person/institution without the prior permission of the National Institute of Design.

In case the total marks scored by two or more candidates are the same, the following tie-break policy* will be used for awarding ranks.

Rechecking of DAT Prelims Exam:

1. Requests for rechecking the answer booklet of the DAT Prelims can be submitted ONLINE ONLY on the official website https://admissions.nid.edu
2. Rechecking will be restricted to–
   • Whether all the answers have been marked.
   • Whether there has been any mistake in the totaling of marks for each question in Part II of answer booklet and transferring the marks correctly onto the first cover page of the answer booklet.
3. No other re-evaluation of the answer script or other work done by the candidate as a part of the examination will be carried out.
4. No candidate, person or organization shall be entitled to claim re-evaluation or disclosure or inspection of the answer scripts or copies of it and other documents as these are treated as most confidential by the NID Admission Cell.
5. On rechecking the answer booklet, if it is found that there is an error, the marks will be revised accordingly.
6. The communication regarding the revision of marks, if any, shall be sent to the requesting candidate’s registered email ID ONLY.
7. The Institute will not be responsible for any loss or damage or any inconvenience caused to the candidate consequent to the revision of marks and no claims in this regard shall be entertained. The revised score after rechecking will be considered final.
8. Any rechecking request will not be processed if submitted without a scanned copy of the Admit Card duly signed by the invigilator and with the seal of the test centre. Rechecking request will not be accepted over email and have to be submitted by the candidate online only at the official website of NID.
9. The details about “How to submit the rechecking request” will be available on the official website of admissions at a later stage.
10. The fees for rechecking of DAT Prelims paper is Rs.2000/-.

Candidates Shortlisted for DAT Mains:

Based on the Merit list of DAT Prelims, eligible candidates will get to appear for DAT Mains. The number of candidates shortlisted will be no less than three times in each category applied for by the candidate (GENERAL, GENERAL-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, PwD & OVERSEAS) as per merit. Please refer to Section 3 of this handbook to see the total number of seats available. If the total scores of two or more candidates in the DAT Prelims are the same after applying tie- break policy, they will be assigned the same rank.

Final Merit List:

The final common merit lists will be generated category wise (Open, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, and PwD) and as per merit, based on the sum total of the weighted scores obtained by the candidate, viz. the DAT Prelims and DAT Mains. Separate merit list will be prepared for Overseas candidates for B.Des. programme.

Results for admission to NID for the academic year 2024–25 for B.Des. Programme (including Overseas category candidates) will be declared ONLY on the official admissions website (https://admissions.nid.edu) as per the schedule announced.

The candidates’ scores and ranks will be available for viewing on the website and candidates will have to log in to the site to view their final results. Separate result scorecards (digital or hard copy) will NOT be sent/provided to the candidates.

The scores obtained during the application process in the 2024-25 cycle are valid only for admission to the academic year 2024-25.

Scores obtained in NID’s DAT exam cannot be used by any person/institution without prior permission of the National Institute of Design.

In case the total marks scored by two or more candidates are the same, the tie-break policy will be used for awarding ranks, which will be announced at a later date in the Amendment(s) Section of the Admissions Handbook 2024-25.

Allotment of seat will be purely based on the merit and on the preference of the discipline filled in by the candidate at the time of submitting the application form.

Note: Obtaining a rank in the merit list does NOT guarantee admission to the programme of your choice.

Minimum Qualifying Criteria

Candidates from the various categories will be considered eligible for admission only if they meet the minimum qualifying criteria, which will be announced later*.

On verification, even after admissions, if the information/document/ category certificate are found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of such candidate will summarily stand cancelled.

* Amendments to the minimum qualifying criteria if any, will be updated on the official website
https://admissions.nid.edu only in the Amendment Section of this Handbook.

De-reservation Rules

If seats are left unfilled in the OBC-NCL category due to no eligible candidates as per the minimum qualifying criteria or non-availability of candidates, the seats will be de-reserved and will be allotted to candidates from the Open category in the order of merit. Seats remaining vacant under the GEN-EWS, SC and ST categories will NOT be allotted to candidates belonging to other categories. It must be noted that after the last date of application, the category chosen by a candidate will be considered as final, and requests for change of category, thereafter, will not be entertained.

Allotment of seat

Obtaining a rank in the merit list does NOT guarantee admission in the B.Des programme.

The procedure of allotment of seat in order of merit for B.Des. Programme will be conducted in either online or offline mode at the discretion of the Institute. In case the allotment is done in the offline mode, each candidate will be required to remain present in person with the requisite documents as per the schedule (which will be announced at a later date). Failing to report with the requisite documents as per the schedule will lead to forfeiting the candidate’s seat and their seat will be allotted to the next eligible candidate in the order of merit in the respective category. Allotment of seat will be purely based on the merit and campus preference submitted by the candidate.

Seat allotment for final admissions will be based on the merit list, category of the candidate and availability of seats provided that the candidates have not availed any reservation benefits (compensatory time, scribe facility or age relaxation). The seat allotment will be followed as under:

Note: Candidates who have availed reservation benefits (compensatory time, scribe facility or age relaxation) will be allotted seats in their applied category only.

Such shortlisted candidates will have to confirm their seat by (a) making a payment of NON- REFUNDABLE token fees for confirming their seat and (b) Uploading the documents, within the provided time-limit as mentioned in the schedule.

If the candidate fails to make the payment of the NON-REFUNDABLE token Fee for the confirmation of seat within the given period as mentioned in the schedule, the provisional allocation of seats will be cancelled, and the seat will be allotted to the next qualifying candidate in the order of merit. Such candidates can only participate in the subsequent rounds for admissions to those institutes at higher campus preference (submitted earlier) than the one for which the payment of the NON-REFUNDABLE token fee was not paid.

If the candidate fails to upload the documents within the given period as mentioned in the schedule, even after making the payment of the NON-REFUNDABLE token Fee, the provisional allocation of seats will be cancelled, and the seat will be allotted to the next qualifying candidate in the order of merit and availability of seats in their respective category. Such candidates can only participate in the subsequent rounds for admissions to those institutes at higher campus preference (submitted earlier) than the one for which the documents were not uploaded.

Uploaded documents will be verified against the information provided by the candidate in their Application Forms, at the time of applying online. Upon verification, if the documents are found to be incorrect/invalid, the candidature of such candidates will stand cancelled, that seat will be allotted to the next qualifying candidate in the order of merit and the NON- REFUNDABLE token fees will be forfeited.

Complete details and procedure of seat allotment will be announced on the NIDs admission website prior to the commencement of seat allocation.

List of documents to be uploaded:

The shortlisted candidate will have to upload the following documents as a single pdf file of size not more than 10 MB:

1. Any one valid photo identity (Aadhar Card, Election ID, Driving License, PAN Card, Passport)
2. Birth Certificate OR Proof of Date of Birth OR School Leaving Certificate
3. 10th Mark-sheet
4. 12th Mark-sheet
5. Migration certificate issued by the University
6. GEN-EWS/OBC-NCL/SC/ST Certificate, if applicable
7. PwD Certificate, if applicable
8. Valid Passport, if applied under Supernumerary category**

** The candidates who have applied under Overseas category should produce a valid passport. The candidate must ensure that the passport is current (not expired) at the time of applying online. It is the candidate’s responsibility to obtain relevant visas and ensure that their passport is valid till the duration of the programme.

NOTE: Candidates who have completed or will be completing their qualifying exam (or equivalent) from outside India or a University not specified in the Admissions Handbook 2024-25 should produce an equivalence certificate at the time of the physical verification of the document, as mentioned.

Other Information

Question Booklet cum Answer Key

The question booklet cum Answer key of the DAT exams will not be available even upon request. The DAT exams question booklet cannot be shared as it is highly subjective in nature, and may not be furnished, in the larger public interest.

Answer Sheets

The answer sheets of the candidates will be available for one year after the announcement of the final result. The answer sheets will be available on request, only after the admissions process is complete. No request for answer sheets during the admissions process will be entertained.

Any candidate seeking his/her answer sheet for the admission cycle 2024-25 will have to make an online payment of Rs.1000/- separately per exam and also submit the admit card duly attested by the Invigilator with the seal of the Test Centre. The answer sheet will be provided to the candidate within 15-20 days after receiving the payment, on their registered email ID.

Result

The result of the candidate will be available for one year after the announcement of the final result. Any details regarding the same will not be provided after one year. The evaluation criteria/break-up of marks followed for the assessment of paper/interview or the procedure followed in the interview may not be shared as it is highly subjective in nature, and may not be furnished in the larger public interest. The data regarding the waiting list, number of seats vacant and personal details of the candidates shortlisted after each stage will not be shared with any other person.

The two-and-a-half years’ full-time Master of Design (M.Des.) programme at NID is offered at its campuses in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Gandhinagar. Candidates may apply in any of the following disciplines:

Faculty of Communication Design

Faculty of Industrial Design

Faculty of Information Technology-Integrated Programmes

Faculty of Inter-Disciplinary Design Studies

Faculty of Textile, Apparel and Lifestyle Accessory Design

Note:

• The percentage of seats reserved for candidates (Indian nationals only) belonging to various reserved categories are as prescribed in the Government of India guidelines (Refer Section 5 of this document for more information).
• Candidates can apply to a maximum of ONLY TWO disciplines for the Master of Design programme.
• Based on the availability of the seats, the shortlisted candidates will be allotted a seat in order of merit in their respective category and will be purely based on the preference submitted by the candidate at the time of submitting their application. Under no circumstances will the candidate be allowed to change these preferences later.
• Applications are received to a specific discipline only and are not transferable at any stage of the admissions process.

All candidates applying for the M.Des. programme (any discipline) must fulfill eligibility criteria of both age and education qualification as under.

Age Limit:

1. For Indian Nationals in General Category & General EWS Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1991 are eligible to apply for admission.
2. For Indian Nationals in Reserved Category (Other Backward Class-Non Creamy Layer (OBC- NCL), Scheduled Caste (SC) & Scheduled Tribe (ST): Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1988 are eligible to apply for admission.
3. For Indian Nationals in Person with Disabilities (PwD) Reserved Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1986 are eligible to apply for admission.
4. For Foreign Nationals in Overseas (Supernumerary) Category: Only those candidates born on or after 1 July 1991 are eligible to apply for admission.

Educational Qualification:

In addition to satisfying the above age criteria, the candidate must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications to be considered eligible for admissions:

Bachelor Degree of minimum 4-year duration in any specialization, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard from any university or institute recognised by law in India. Condition: Candidate must have passed the Bachelor Degree examinations at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in May 2024*.

OR

Full-time Diploma of minimum 4-year duration in Design/Fine Arts/Applied Arts/ Architecture, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard, from any university or institute recognised by law in India.
Condition: Candidates must have passed the Diploma examinations at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in May 2024*.

OR

Bachelor Degree of minimum 3-year duration in any specialization, after 12th standard or equivalent to 12th standard.
Condition: Candidates must have passed the 3-year Bachelor degree examinations by August 2022.

* Candidates in the final year of their Bachelor degree/ Full-time Diploma programme whose universities may not have issued the final degree certificate before that last date of
application to NID, are eligible to apply, subject to passing all subjects without any backlog. Such candidates will have to submit/produce Provisional Degree certificates issued by the University at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in May 2024.

Note:

In case the degree/certificate has been obtained from a University/Board of any country other than India, an equivalence certificate must be submitted to Admissions Office by the candidate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi, at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in May 2024. Visit https://www.aiu.ac.in for more details about how to obtain an equivalence certificate.

Overseas Category (Supernumerary candidates):

Foreign candidates—holding citizenship of a country other than the Republic of India—only, are eligible to apply under the Overseas (supernumerary) category, provided they fulfill all the eligibility criteria mentioned in Section 4.1.

Of the seats available for the M.Des., 15% supernumerary seats are available for Overseas category candidates. The actual number of seats available in Overseas (supernumerary) category is as under:

Note:

• Candidates under Overseas (supernumerary) category fall outside the ambit of seats reserved for the GEN- EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories and are required to pay the fees as per Overseas fee category.
• Candidates holding OCI and PIO card will have to apply only under the Overseas (supernumerary) category.
• Candidates must possess a valid passport. The candidate must ensure that the passport is current (not expired) at the time of applying online.
• Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) holding an Indian passport are not eligible to apply under the Overseas (supernumerary) category and will have to apply as Indian nationals only.
• Candidates will be offered admission to NID based on the final merit list of the Overseas (supernumerary) category, which will be prepared after all the stages of the admission process have been completed. Candidates will be offered admission to NID based on the minimum qualifying criteria.
• To accept the offer of admissions, overseas category candidates are required to visit the NID campus in person, as per the schedule. At this time, candidates will be required to produce the following original documents along with their self-attested photocopies:
  • Self-attested copy of the relevant pages of their valid passport.
  • Self-attested copies of their grade sheets/mark sheets of all semesters equivalent to SSC (Grade X), HSC (Grade XII) and their degree certificate/provisional certificate/passing certificate issued by the University.
  • An equivalence certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi, will have to be obtained in advance and required to be submitted at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in May 2024.
• The candidate will be responsible for obtaining a student visa for the entire duration of the programme at NID, before the commencement of the programme.
• If selected candidates do not pay their programme fees or fail to produce any of the required documents, or if they decline the offer of admissions, their candidature will stand cancelled and their seat will be offered to the next candidate in order of merit under Overseas category.
• Seats remaining vacant in the Overseas (supernumerary) category will lapse and will not be transferred to candidates from any other categories.
• Overseas candidates will have to appear for DAT Prelims and DAT Mains as per the schedule mentioned in Section 2 of this document.
• Overseas candidates may choose their test centre for DAT Prelims from any test centre mentioned in Section 7.3 of this document.
• The medium of instruction at NID is English language.

Important Note:

• Candidates yet to appear for their qualifying exam (ONLY Full-time Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline under 10+2+4 system or more) are eligible to apply, provided they produce proof of having acquired the minimum required qualifications at the time of document verification tentatively scheduled in May 2024. Candidates must produce a valid certificate (Provisional/Degree) issued by the University at the time of document verification scheduled tentatively in May 2024. The candidature of the candidates who fail to produce the provisional degree certificate issued by the University will stand cancelled & will not be offered admission. Their seat will be offered to the next candidate in order of merit.
• If the results of the final year of graduation (under 10+2+4 system or more only) have not been declared by the concerned Board or University at the time of submitting application, then such candidates will have to submit provisional degree certificate issued by the University at the time of document verification scheduled tentatively in May 2024.
• Candidates who have not appeared for their final qualifying exam before the document verification scheduled tentatively in May 2024, will not be eligible for admission.

The total number of seats available (as mentioned in Section 3 of this document)—for Indian Nationals are classified into different categories as mentioned below:

Foreign nationals applying under the Overseas category are outside the ambit of reservation of seats for the GEN-EWS,OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories.

In accordance with the guidelines of the Government of India, the prescribed number of seats reserved for each of these categories is as follows:

Reservation of seats for Economically Weaker Section (EWS):

General category belonging to the Economically Weaker Section (GEN-EWS) will be a reserved category in which the percentage of reservation is 10%. The benefit of reservation will be given only to those General category candidates who satisfy the condition given in the OM No. 20013/01/2018-BC-II dated 17 January 2019 issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, Government of India.

The benefit of reservation under GEN-EWS can be availed upon production of an Income & Asset Certificate issued by a Competent Authority. The Income and Asset Certificate issued by any one of the following authorities in the prescribed format as available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu shall only be considered valid.

1. District Magistrate/Additional District Magistrate/ Collector/ Deputy Commissioner/Additional Deputy Commissioner/ 1stClass Stipendiary Magistrate/ Sub- Divisional Magistrate/ Taluka Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/ Extra Assistant Commissioner
2. Chief Presidency Magistrate/Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate
3. Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar and
4. Sub-Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/or his family normally resides.

The EWS certificate must be issued on or after 01 April 2022 based on the gross annual income of the financial year 2021-22 (as mentioned in the format available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu in Download section). The certificate must be in the name of the candidate along with the candidate’s photo on the certificate in the prescribed format only as available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu.

Based on the information provided by the candidate in the application form while applying online, the candidate will be provisionally allowed to appear for the DAT Prelims and subsequent tests, if shortlisted. It will be the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide / upload valid certificates at the time of applying online.

The verification of the category certificate will be carried out after the DAT Prelims. During verification if it is found that the GEN-EWS certificate of the candidate is not valid, then the candidate will be moved to General category, and he/she will be considered as General category candidate for further admissions process.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.

On verification, even after admissions, if the information/document/ certificate are found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of such candidate will summarily stand cancelled.

NID’s decision will be final and binding. No further communication in this regard will be entertained.

Reservation of seats for Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer):

The name of the caste must be in the current Central list of OBCs available at: http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/CentralListStateView.aspx and the format of the OBC- NCL certificate must be as per the Central format (available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu in Download section). If the caste of the OBC candidate is mentioned in the State list, but not mentioned in the Central list, then such candidates will not be entitled to claim the benefit of reservation under OBC-NCL category.

Candidates belonging to the Creamy Layer of OBC are not entitled to apply under reserved category (OBC-NCL) and will have to submit their application under General (unreserved) category only.

Candidates applying under the OBC-NCL (Non-Creamy Layer) category are required to produce / upload a valid certificate on their name in English/Hindi language only, issued on or after 01 April 2022, (based on the gross annual income for the financial year 2021-22) from the relevant competent authorities of their respective State or Union Territory, certifying that they do NOT belong to the Creamy Layer, along with the final application form. For certificates that are not in the English/Hindi language, the candidate is required to produce / upload a notarized copy of the certificate in English/Hindi version along with the original copy of the category certificate.

Based on the information provided by the candidate in the application form while applying online, the candidate will be provisionally allowed to appear for the DAT Prelims and subsequent tests, if shortlisted. It will be the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide / upload valid certificates at the time of applying online.

The verification of the category certificate will be carried out after the DAT Prelims. During verification if it is found that the OBC-NCL certificate of the candidate is not valid, then the candidate will be moved to General category (provided the candidate has not availed age relaxation benefit), and he/she will be considered as General category candidate for further admissions process. In the case where the candidate has availed age relaxation benefit, his/her candidature shall stand cancelled.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.

On verification, even after admissions, if the information/document/ certificate are found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of such candidate will summarily stand cancelled.

NID’s decision will be final and binding. No further communication in this regard will be entertained.

Reservation of seats for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes:

The benefit of this reservation will be given only to candidates belonging to castes and tribes mentioned in the central list published by the Government of India, which can be viewed at the following web links:
https://socialjustice.gov.in/common/76750 https://tribal.nic.in/ST/LatestListofScheduledtribes.pdf

Candidates applying under SC and ST categories are required to upload the relevant caste/tribe certificate (in English/Hindi language only) issued in the candidate’s name from the competent authorities of their respective state, union territory or the National Commission of Tribes, valid at the time of applying online. For certificates that are not in the English/Hindi language, the candidate is required to produce / upload a notarized copy of the certificate in English/Hindi version along with the original copy of the category certificate.

Based on the information provided by the candidate in the application form while applying online, the candidate will be provisionally allowed to appear for the DAT Prelims and subsequent tests, if shortlisted. It will be the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide / upload valid certificates at the time of applying online.

The verification of the category certificate will be carried out after the DAT Prelims. During verification if it is found that the SC/ST certificate of the candidate is not valid, then the candidature of such candidates will stand cancelled.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.

On verification, at any stage during the admission process or even after admissions, if the information/document/ certificate is found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of such candidate will stand cancelled.

NID’s decision will be final and binding. No further communication in this regard will be entertained.

Reservation of Seats for Persons with Disability (PwD):

Of all seats across Open, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC and ST categories, 5% of the total seats are reserved for Persons with Disability (PwD). Admission will be granted to the top 5% of the candidates in order of merit.

The benefit of reservation will be given only to those candidates with disability as described by the Government of India under RPWD Act 2016.

The candidate should also submit the disability certificate issued from the Unique Disability Identity Card Portal namely, http://www.swavlambancard.gov.in as per the Gazette notification dated 5 May 2021 issued by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Candidates seeking admission under this category are required to upload a valid Disability Certificate issued by Competent Medical Authority as certified by the Government of India, valid at the time of applying online. The formats of the certificate (Annexure 1 to 4) are available on the official website of admissions https://admissions.nid.edu under the Download section.

Dyslexic candidates need to submit FORM (Annexure 4) instead of PwD certificate. The certificate must clearly mention that the disability is at least 40% or ‘SEVERE’ under Dyslexia category to enable the candidate to avail the benefit of PwD category.

The verification of the category certificate will be carried out after the DAT Prelims. During verification if it is found that the PwD certificate of the candidate is not valid, then the candidature of such candidates will stand cancelled under following scenarios:

• If the candidate has availed either compensatory time or services of a Scribe or age relaxation;
• If the candidate has applied as a PwD under GENERAL or GEN-EWS or OBC-NCL.

If the candidate has applied as PwD under SC/ST and if his/her PwD certificate is not valid & has NOT availed compensatory time and/or services of a Scribe and/or age relaxation, then he/she will be moved to his/her Parent Category (SC/ST). The candidate will be then considered as SC/ST category candidate for further admissions process.

Based on the information provided by the candidate in the application form while applying online, the candidate will be provisionally allowed to appear for the DAT Prelims and

subsequent tests, if shortlisted. It will be the sole responsibility of the candidate to provide / upload valid certificates at the time of applying online.

The candidates can modify the details filled in the application form (except the Programme Applied in, Name of the Candidate, Date of Birth, Registered Mobile Number & Registered Email ID) at the time when ‘Window to Edit’ opens. In case, the candidate changes his/her applied category during the “Window to Edit” period, the applicable additional application form fees will have to be paid by the candidate. However, no refund of excess fees will be made in the case of any category change.

On verification, at any stage during the admission process or even after admissions, if the information/document/ certificate is found to be incorrect / invalid, the candidature of such candidate will stand cancelled.

NID’s decision will be final and binding. No further communication in this regard will be entertained.

SERVICES OF A SCRIBE & COMPENSATORY TIME

The services of a scribe are available to candidates who have a disability and require assistance to fill the OMR sheet for the Objective type of questions of the DAT Prelims exam. However, the candidate will be required to attempt the subjective part of the DAT Prelims exam without the services of scribe and assistance, due to its nature, as described below.

• To avail this benefit, the candidate should select the option of Scribe during the online registration form AND upload a copy of the valid PwD certificate (format available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu), at the time of filling the online application form. The compensatory time of each part/exam is non-transferable. As per Office Memorandum of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment F.No. 34-02/ 2015-DD-III dated August 29, 2018, the PwD candidates who desire to avail the services of a scribe must follow the guidelines for conducting the written examination for Persons with Benchmark disabilities.
• If a PwD candidate wants to avail compensatory time (20 minutes per hour) and/or request the assistance of a scribe, they will have to select relevant options, while filling the online application form. A valid PwD certificate must be uploaded along with such requests (formats available on the website https://admissions.nid.edu).
• The Admission Cell will assess the request along with the supporting document and contact the candidate via email on their registered email id with further instructions if necessary.
• If it is found that a candidate has used the services of a scribe and/or compensatory time but DOES NOT possess the extent of disability that warrants the use of a scribe and/or compensatory time, he/she will be excluded from the process of DAT Prelims answer sheet evaluation, ranking and subsequent stages of admissions. If the candidate has already been admitted, his/her admission will stand cancelled.

Important Information:

Candidates belonging to the GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories will be declared as qualified on the basis of the minimum qualifying criteria.