National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad - a basic Review

Moreover it's a very good college for what it offers. There are ups and downs with management but there is a Student activity Council which really helps the students raise their voice in the management sector quite a lot.

The curriculum has about 6-12 modules each semester which are vastly varied subjects. In majority of them a visiting faculty is appointed for guidance. The institute mostly believes in learning by doing and rarely spoonfeeds or holds the hand. There is a CGPA system and at the end there is a Jury presentation of the semester's work.

There is a placement session that happens according to disciplines. This usually let's us choose a company or any other sponsor for the last semester graduation project and also a potential studio or company to work post-graduation.

There is a annual festival called Monsoon Fiesta where everyone showcases their talents through various fun events that happen there. Additionally, NID student body celebrates many local festivals very pompously, like Garba, Pongal, Onam, Ganesh Chaturthi,

The average fees is about INR 1.5 lakhs per semester. Being an autonomous institute this high amount has been one of the fewer things not so pleasant about this college. The fee too keeps increasing gradually each year. They do provide a fee breakdown.

No I haven't gotten a scholarship but the institute does award it based on parental income. There is mostly a 50% to 100% decrement in the total fees.

Gender ratios mostly keep changing. Generally it has a 60% ratio of South Indian students, usually followed by Maharashtrians or Bengalis. There are extracurricular activities like basketball, cricket and football. There are leagues of the aforementioned organized too. There are talk sessions and a film club and a very rich Knowledge Management Center too.

Yes. The hostels are quite nice compared to many other Indian college hostels. There are 3 older buildings A, B and C, latter being the girls' hostel. There are new hostel complex built recently which are even more well furnished than the old ones.

The entirety of the career of most disciplines actually rests on contacts, which is heavily dependent on alummi and senior interaction.

I first knew about it from one of my senior. So I applied right after my XII exams. There are two levels- DAT and MAINS. I chose this institution because I always wanted to do animation. And this seemed to be one of the best design colleges in India which provides this course. The admission happens around April-May.

In Animation, there are currently about 4 faculties, one being the head of the department, who usually takes the intradisciplinary decisions. The other facilities specialize in different fields. They all vary in age from 30s to 40s. They are postgraduates or doctors on the subject and hence hold a lot of expertise and knowledge on the matter