WHAT IS NID? 

NID stands for National Institute of design, is nationally as well as internationally one of the finest educational and research institution which provide Industrial, Communication, Textile and IT Integrated Design courses both for under-graduates and post-graduates and doctoral levels.
National Institute for design is the first design Institute in India established by Indian government, Ford Foundation and the Sarabhai family  in the year 1961 at Ahmedabad. It was an autonomous all-India body. NID has been ranked as India’s No. 1 Design Institute. National Institute of Design has it’s total 7 campus all over India, such as, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Gandhinagar, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Assam.

NID DAT 

NID conduct an entrance examination called NID DAT which is a design aptitude test every year to take admission in B. Des and M. Des courses at NID. Candidates, willing to pursue design courses, must apply for NID DAT to get admission at NID. NID DAT is divided in to two different parts: NID prelims and NID Mains.
NID Prelims which is the written part whereas NID mains is the part where candidates have to go for studio test and personal interview. To do design course you need to clear NID prelims and Mains both. 

NID MAINS

Experts have shared that this NID's design aptitude test is one of the most challenging design entrance exams conducted in India. NID prelims is the first stage of the exam and is the written test. After qualifying prelims candidates can sit for mains. NID DAT mains consist two parts such as: NID Studio test and personal Interview. 

mains is a offline exam or you can say practical exam. Its studio test part is more important! Through studio test, examiners examines the creative level of the candidates. 

Preparing for NID MAINs

To prepare for NID mains, you first need to qualify the first round of NID DAT, which is NID prelims. 

1. First of all you need to know the NID MAINS exam pattern:

NID DAT mains consist two parts such as: NID Studio test and personal Interview. 

NID STUDIO TEST

The major part of NID mains is NID Studio test. It is compulsory for candidates to perform well in NID Studio Test in order to secure a seat in the design institute. Studio test for B. Des is different from studio test for M. Des. Studio test is completely based on candidate's creativity skills. 

EXAM PATTERN FOR STUDIO TEST

The studio test was conducted in two sessions. 

1. A doodling exercise where candidates need to complete each given frame with doodles. 
2. After a short break candidates were given two tasks which they need to perform using the materials provided. Such as making something with material which examiners have provided. 

PERSONAL INTERVIEW

The next part of NID mains after studio test is personal interview round. In this round NID experts will rake interview with both tricky and normal questions. Candidates gave to take their work portfolio with them in this round. Experts will ask questions such as:

• About yourself, about your hobbies
• Why you want to be a designer
• Where do you live and speciality of that place. 
• Why you wish to join NID
• About your favourite designer
• You can be asked questions on general knowledge and current affairs
• You have to talk about your working skills and show them your work portfolio.

2. Check out the syllabus:

SYLLABUS OF STUDIO TEST FOR B. DES

• Model Making
• Doodling
• Meeting with Students who Qualified NID DAT
• How to Evolve Ideas
• Audio – Visual Exercises
• Material Manipulation
• Creative Thinking

SYLLABUS OF STUDIO TEST FOR M. DES

• Model Making
• Doodling
• How to evolve ideas
• Audio – Visual Exercises
• Material Manipulation
• Creative Thinking

3. Find best books to prepare for mains according to the syllabus of studio test. 

4. Make a schedule according to the months or days you left for mains. 

5. Practice well, because practice makes you perfect! 

Hope this will helps!