Sanskaram University B.design Admissions 2025
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The most popular design entrance exams are of the National Institute of Design and the National Institute of Fashion Technology. These both are the highly competitive exams in the design sector in India. Both have their own entrance exams, namely NID DAT exam and NIFT entrance exam. NID conducts it on their own whereas NIFT entrance exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
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These design entrance exams are conducted to test the candidate’s creativity and aptitude skills, visualisation skills, and problem solving methodology. Hence the most important part that the candidates think of is “How to Improve Sketching & Observation Skills for NID and NIFT 2026?”. To know about these crucial aspects, aspirants can go through the full article described below.
To get through in NID DAT 2026 or NIFT 2026 exams, candidates need to practise more on the sketching part and the main is observation, also called visualisation skills. The sketching and the observation are the most important aspects that help the candidates to get admission into the top design institutes in India.
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For the design aspirants it is essential to understand the importance of these skills as why these are necessary to appear for the design entrance exams.
Creative skills - Based on your creative sketches, one can understand how strongly you have explained the concepts.
Observation skills - This is very important as the candidate needs to be pro-active to explain the theme or concept using the visualisation skills as what they have observed.
Problem-solving skills - The candidates should be well-versed with the problem-solving techniques as they need to explain or give a concept on the spot according to the requirement.
Speed with good communication - As the exams will be for a specific duration, candidates should practise sketching in such a way that they can complete that part within the allotted time. Hence, speed is a mandatory requirement for sketching, and to explain the concept sketched, communication skills are very much required.
Here are some tips provided for the aspirants who are planning to obtain either NID admission or NIFT admission through the entrance exams.
Practise sketching regularly: Aspirants should daily practise sketching so as to become familiar with the regular concepts of design. The more you practise sketching, the more confident you will become and will have a free flow of your hand for any type of drawing strokes.
Understanding of perspective and proportion: This is the very crucial part in the design sketching concept. Aspirants should understand the relation between the proportion and the perspective. These two are interrelated with each other. So practise your sketching with the required proportion to meet your perspective theme.
Practise using different mediums: Practise sketching with pencils, markers, sketch pens, and different drawing tools to enhance your grip on sketching with different tools.
Speed and time: Practice quick sketching by focusing on the figure to cover the entire concept in a short duration.
Drawing figures: Fashion sketching involves drawing of human figures with different postures and gestures and also the body proportions. Hence practicing sketching/drawing human faces with different expressions.
Provided below are some of the techniques to sharpen the observational skills.
Take an object and observe it carefully. Observe its shape, size, texture and material used. After your observation, now try sketching the object using the observations made.
Use a pocket sketchbook which is very important for design candidates. This helps in documenting the ideas observed while watching the real-life situations.
Close your eyes and recollect the observations. Sketch it one-by-one. Using this method improves the candidate's visual memory.
Observe the human gestures like sitting, standing, walking and also using objects. This helps in sketching figures of various objects in multiple dimensions and different positions.
Go through the previous year sample papers of NID and NIFT to understand the sketching questions and observation-based questions asked.
Practise completing them by using the mock tests within the time limit setting to practise time management.
Can also get trained in the design coaching classes for additional support based on your talent.
Try new objects sketching with a theme everyday that helps in developing your problem-solving and design creative thinking skills.
Don’t spend too much time on a single theme with heavy work.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Exactly not. Try practising the sketches daily to improve with self-practise of sketching and observation. Still, if you find hard or need additional practice and guidance, then you can opt for coaching classes.
Aspirants need to observe the surroundings, people, objects and figures. Carry a pocket sketch book and note down the details as and when required.
For the entrance exams of NID and NIFT 2026, sketching helps to express the creative ideas of the designer whereas the observational skills help them to visually notice the properties, proportions and more details.
On Question asked by student community
Hello Neharika
These are the topics which are most important in the Current affairs section in respect to NIFT Entrance Exam:
1. National and International Awards and Honors
2. Government Schemes and Initiatives
3. Sports
4. Appointments and Newsmakers
5. Science and Technology
6. Indian and World Economy
7. International Relations
8. Fashion Industry Updates
9. Books and Authors
10. Art and Culture
11. Environmental and Social Issues
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Hope this answer helps! Thank You!!!
Hello,
According to the sources, the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) entrance exam for 2026 will be held in February 2026. Also, the registration period may open from November 2025.
I hope it will clear your query!!
Dear Candidate ,
Yes , you are eligible for NIFT - UG 2026 . Based on your birthdate , you will be 19 years old as of August 1 , 2026 , which is well within the age limit .
NIFT requires applicants to be under 24 years of age on August 1 of the admission year , with a 5 year relaxation for SC/ST/PwD candidates .
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The syllabus of NIFT 2026 will be released on October 2025 by Nift officials on their official website nift.ac.in . The syllabus comprises of topics General Ability Test (GAT) and Creative Ability Test (CAT). The syllabus is different for UG and PG programmes. The GAT syllabus consists of :
The CAT syllabus consists important topics like
To download the complete syllabus kindly refer this
https://design.careers360.com/articles/nift-syllabus
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