Hello Rudra! NID DAT is a design based examination. They examine your design skills to take admission. To crack such exams you don’t have to be an artist. You just need basic drawing and sketching skills and creative ideas. Lets see what is NID and NID DAT and the syllabus portion, so that you can understand what they need from you in the exam. 

ABOUT NID 

NID stands for national Institute of design, which is undoubtedly the leading Institute of design in India. NID is nationally as well as internationally well acclaimed 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.

WHAT IS NID DAT? 

To get into NID, interested candidates need to crack 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.
After qualifying NID prelims, candidates need to crack studio test and personal interview round which is the part of mains. 
NID Prelims which is the written part of NID DAT. NID Prelims are divided into 2 sections: Common Design Aptitude Test and Discipline Specific Test. These two will happen together. 
After qualifying prelims candidates can sit for mains. NID DAT mains consist two parts such as: NID Studio test and personal Interview.

THE SYLLABUS FOR NID DAT PRELIMS ARE- 

• Communication skills
• Compositions
• Animation 
• creativity
• Drawing skills for subjective part 
• General mental ability
• Design skills
• Environment sensitivity
• Visual design 
• Thematic colour arrangement
• Proportion and perspective
• Abstract symbolism
• Memory drawing

STUDIO TEST SYLLABUS-

• Doodling
• 3D model
• Observation test
• Creative thinking
• Audio visual experience

The studio test for NID admissions may comprise of questions which candidates have to solve in different formats like- Drawing/ sketching, Hands on model making, Group discussion, Presentation

NID DAT CANDIDATES ARE EVALUATED FOR- Knowledge, Comprehension, Analysis, Creativity, Visualisation. 

So Rudra, you have to be good in both drawing and sketching and must have super creativity ideas to crack NID exam. All the best! 

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See how to register for nid exam, 

https://www.designfresher.com/design-forum/question/how-to-register-for-nid-exam