Hi Myra! Do you mean getting admission into NID? Or getting registered for NID prelims? NID is a design Institute and NID prelims is the entrance exam for NID. You can get into NID if you register and sit for NID prelims and crack a good score. 

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.

ADMISSION AT NID

To take admission at NID candidates must check the eligibility criteria here first. 

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA-

• Candidates who wants to study B. Des, must pass their 12th examination. And for M. Des candidates needs to pass graduation. 
• Both B. Des and M. Des candidates must pass and get a relevant score in NID DAT prelims and Mains. 
• Weightage for B. Des- For prelims it will be 40% and for mains it will be 60%. Weightage for M. Des- From Prelims it will be 30% and for Main's studio test will be 40% and interview will be 30%.
• After qualifying NID DAT you can get admission to NID as per your performed score.

How to apply for NID prelims

Step1. Go to the official website for NID and register yourself with your ID and Password. 
Step2. Log in into that site with your ID password. 
Step3. Open the application form tab. 
Step4. Fill up the application form with required details and documents. Such as-

• Photograph (JPG/JPEG; not more than 100kb) 
• Signature of candidates (JPG/JPEG; not more than 100kb)
• Educational qualification details, communication details, etc
• OBC-NCL certificate/ST certificate/SC certificate/EWS and disability certificate (it applied for general, general-EWS, OBC-NCL, ST/SC- PwD candidates) (JPG/JPEG; not more than 150kb) 
• Copy of the first and last page of the passport only for overseas candidates (JPG; not more than 150kb) 

Step5. Pay the application fees. 

• WITH LATE FEE:

For general/EWS/OBC-NCL – Rs.6000
ST/SC – Rs.3000
ST/SC/OBC-NCL-PWD – Rs.3000
General EWS/ General PWD – Rs.3000
Overseas candidates (only for B. Des) – Rs.10000

• WITHOUT LATE FEE:

For general/EWS/OBC-NCL – Rs.3000
ST/SC – Rs.1500
ST/SC/OBC-NCL-PWD – Rs.1500
General EWS/ General PWD – Rs.1500
Overseas candidates (only for B. Des) – Rs.5000
Candidates have to pay the NID DAT application fee via online through net banking/credit card/debit.
Step6. Successful payment will take you to the confirmation page. 
Step7. Download the application form and rake a print out of it. 

Hope this helps you, Myra!