NID DAT Application Form 2021 (Correction Window Open) - Edit the Registration Form
NID DAT Application Form 2021: National Institute of Design has opened the window to edit the NID DAT 2021 application form. Students can edit the NID DAT application form 2021 from February 21, 14.00hrs - February 23, 14.00hrs in online mode, if modification required. Students could fill the NID DAT 2021 registration form from January 9 to January 20. The institute released the NID DAT registration form 2021 on January 9 along with the official notification in its official website admissions.nid.edu. Candidates must ensure that they have fulfilled the eligibility criteria of NID DAT 2021 before registration. Candidates could pay the registration fee of NID DAT registration form 2021 via online through credit card/debit card. To get admission in National Institute of Design, students need to clear NID DAT entrance exam which consists of prelims and mains exam. NID DAT 2021 prelims exam will be held in offline mode on March 14. To crack NID DAT 2021, students must have a clear cut exam strategy of NID DAT and know the important topics to be prepared for the entrance test. NID entrance exam syllabus includes the important topics which must be prepared by the candidates for the entrance test. Aspirants can go through the article to know all the information related to the application form of NID DAT 2021.
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NID DAT 2021 Application Form Important Dates
Aspirants seeking admission in the National Institute of Design must always keep a track of NID DAT exam dates 2021 to avoid missing any important events. Following table provides the NID DAT application form 2021 important dates.
NID DAT 2021 Application form - Schedule
Events | Dates |
Announcement of notification for NID DAT admission | January 9, 2021 |
Start date for NID DAT 2021 registration form | January 9, 2021 |
End date to fill the application form of NID DAT 2021 |
February 17, 2021 , 16.00hrs |
Start and end date to fill NID DAT 2021 application form by paying late fees |
February 17, 18.00hrs - February 20, 14,00hrs, 2021 (Extended) |
Start date and End date to edit the NID DAT registration form 2021 |
February 21, 14.00hrs - February 23, 14.00hrs, 2021 (Extended) |
NID DAT 2021 Prelims exam | March 14, 2021 |
Documents to be kept beforehand prior to filling the NID DAT 2021 application form
Aspirants must keep the required documents in preparation before filling the NID DAT 2021 registration form to avoid chaos in the later stage. Keeping the documents beforehand will help the candidates to fill the NID DAT application form 2021 in one go.
Passport photograph
Signature of the candidates
Required information such as educational qualification details, communication details etc.
OBC-NCL certificate if applicable
ST certificate if applicable
SC certificate if applicable
EWS and disability certificate if applicable ( it applied for general, general-EWS, OBC-NCL,ST/SC- PwD candidates)
Copy of the first and last page of the passport for overseas candidates
The documents mentioned above must be uploaded while filling out the application form of NID DAT 2021 in the following specification.
Specification of the documents
Document | Format | Size |
Photograph | JPG/JPEG | Not be more than 100 kb |
Signature | JPG/JPEG | Not be more than 100 kb |
OBC-NCL certificate | JPG/JPEG | Must not exceed 150 kb |
ST/SC Certificate | JPG/JPEG | Must not exceed 150 kb |
General, General - EWS, OBC - NCL, ST/SC - PwD Certificate | JPG/JPEG | Must not exceed 150 kb |
Image of first and last page of passport (Overseas candidates) | JPG | Not more than 150 kb |
Procedure to fill the NID DAT Application Form 2021
Candidates could fill the application form of NID DAT 2021 through online. Before filling the registration form aspirants must go through the NID DAT 2021 eligibility criteria to check whether they are eligible to apply for the admission process. Candidates must not that, those applicants who do not meet the required key criteria will not be allowed to appear in the entrance fee. The steps to fill in the registration form are mentioned below. Candidates can check the following procedure of filling the NID DAT 2021 application form.
Step 1 - Registration
Candidates are required to register first to fill the application form of NID DAT. Candidates must enter the following details
- Valid email id and mobile number.
Candidates will receive an email in their registered mail address after the registration.
Step 2 - Fill in the NID DAT 2021 application form
Candidates will have to login by entering the email ID and date of birth provided during registration in the login window.
Furnished all the required information in the registration form
Candidates can complete filling the registration form later by clicking on the ‘Save and Exit’ button
If candidates wish to complete filling out the application form, then they have to click on the ‘Save and Proceed’ button.
Step 3 - Upload the requisite documents
Candidates must upload the essentials document in the prescribed space as per the specification mentioned above.
Candidates will have to upload the scanned photograph. The passport photograph has to be taken recently in coloured at a professional studio. Aspirants must note that if they self-composed the portrait photograph, then the candidature will be rejected
Candidates must upload the scanned image of the signature. The signature of the candidates are required to be digitally photographed or scanned
Applicants who apply for admission under the OBC-NCL category must upload the valid OBC-NCL certificate issued by a competent authority. The certificate is required to be issued by April 1, 2020 or later.
ST/SC candidates will have to upload the scanned image of the caste certificate issued by a competent authority.
The foreign candidates are required to upload the image of the first and the last page of their passport indicating their complete personal information clearly.
Step 4 - Make the paymentCandidates must pay the NID DAT application fee.
The registration fee of NID DAT 2021 vary for different categories.
The table below is the various application fee of NID DAT for different categories.
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Corrections in NID DAT Application Form 2021
The authorities will open the correction window for application form of NID DAT 2021 from February 21 to February 23. Candidates will be able to edit the required changes in the NID DAT 2021 application form. However, at this stage, candidates will not be allowed to make changes in the eligibility criteria, dob, email ID, category and citizenship. If the examination authority found any candidates not eligible for the admission in NID after the post-modification of the details in the application form, then the application fee will not be refunded.
Procedure to edit the NID DAT application form 2021
Following is the process to edit the application form of NID DAT 2021
Candidates will have to enter the required credentials in the login window
NID DAT 2021 registration form will be exhibited on the screen
To display the complete NID DAT application form 2021 on the screen, applicants must check the box.
Edit the required changes in the NID DAT registration form 2021
Candidates must click on the save and exit button, after making the necessary changes in the NID DAT 2021 application form
Application Fee of NID DAT 2021
Categories | Application fee without late fee | Application fee with late fee |
General -EWS/ General/ OBC-NCL | Rs 3000 | Rs 6000 |
ST/SC | Rs 1500 | Rs 3000 |
ST/SC/OBC-NCL - PwD | Rs 15000 | Rs 3000 |
General -EWS/ General - PwD | Rs 1500 | Rs 3000 |
Overseas Candidates | Rs. 5000 (only B. Design programme) | Rs 6000 |
Note that as per the order of supreme court of India, the third gender includes only transgenders, eunuchs and hijras. Lesbians, gays and bisexuals are required to select either male or female as gender.
NID DAT 2021 application fee is not refundable and transferable
Aspirants can pay the registration fee via online through credit card/debit card. Candidates who pay the NID DAT application fee through debit/credit card will have to pay the extra bank charges.
Before proceeding to the payment of application fee, candidates will be asked to cross-check the details.
Candidates who pay the application fee through online will be directed to the payment gateway for the payment and will again redirect to the ‘Print’ page where aspirants can take a print out of the form
NID DAT 2021 Exam Centres
The exam centres of NID DAT are the cities where the entrance exam of NID will be held. The prelims exam of NID DAT 2021 will be conducted in 24 cities of India. Candidates will have to choose the exam centres while filling out the NID DAT application 2021. Aspirants must choose the NID DAT 2021 exam centres where they can reach easily. However NID DAT mains exam 2021 will commence at any of the campuses of NID DAT i.e Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Gandhinagar, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Assam. The following list are the cities where the prelims exam will be held.
Ahmedabad
Bengaluru
Vijayawada
Thiruvananthapuram
Ranchi
Bhopal
Bhubaneshwar
Raipur
Chandigarh
Patna
Chennai
Dehradun
New Delhi
Nagpur
Mumbai
Guwahati
Hyderabad
Lucknow
Kurukshetra
Jaipur
Kolkata
Goa
Shimla
Vijayawada
Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) - NID DAT Application Form 2021 (Correction Window Open) - Edit the Registration Form
Question: When will the authorities release the NID DAT application form 2021?
Answer:
The NID DAT 2021 application form has been released in online mode on January 9.
Question: When is the end date to fill the NID DAT 2021 application form?
Answer:
The end date to fill the application form of NID DAT with regular fee is February 17, 2021. Students can fill the NID DAT application form 2021 by paying the late fee from February 17, 18.00hrs to February 20, 14.00hrs in online mode.
Question: What are the documents that must be kept beforehand in filling the application form?
Answer:
The documents to be kept prepared prior to filling of application form are passport size photograph, signature of the candidates, SC/ST/OBC- NCL certificate if applicable and PwD certificate if applicable( its is applied to all the categories).
Question: What is the mode of paying the application fee of NID DAT 2021?
Answer:
Aspirants can pay the NID DAT 2021 application fee via online through credit card/debit.
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Questions related to NID DAT
Where can I get PDF of previous years cut off for NID DAT Prelims? on official website of NID
Hello Dear,
NID DAT is a national level entrance exam conducted by National Institute of Design (NID) for various B.Des/ GDPD and M.Des Courses. After qualifying the exam candidate can get admission in prestigious design institutes such as NID Ahmedabad, NID Gujarat, NID Bangalore, NID Kurukshetra, and NID Vijayawada. NID DAT exam is a 3-hour long exam conducted in pen-paper mode. Candidates qualifying the written tests (Prelims and Mains) will be invited for the studio test and personal interviews.
You can download the previous year cutoff and papers through this link:
https://design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-cutoff
Good Luck
can i know about the passing marks for nid ?
Hello student cut off vary every year on various factors like level of question in examination seats available and total number of applicants in the entrance examination. Previous year cut off (General category) for various NIDs are as mentioned below -
NID Ahmedabad - 96.84
NID Andhra Pradesh- 91.47
NID Haryana--91.15
NID Madhya Pradesh-88.16
NID Assam - 87.10
For more details refer to the link mentioned below - https://www.google.com/amp/s/design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-cutoff/amp
Feel free to comment if you've any doubt
Good luck
please tell books for nid dat exam
Hi student,
The National Institution of Design (NID) conducts the Design Aptitude Test (DAT) to provide admissions to B.Des courses. Now comes the preparation part. So let me tell you that, books play a very important role in your preparation.
solving the previous year NID DAT papers, will also helps you a lot. Below, I am listing some good books to prepare for this exam.
- NID DAT book by R.S. Aggarwal
- Design Drawing by Francis DK Ching
- Basic Rendering from Robert W Gill
You can also refer to the link provided below. Here you can get all the important tips and study material regarding this exam.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/design.careers360.com/articles/nid-dat-study-material/amp
Hope it helps.
Am I eligible for NID DAT Mains? Ive got 56 in Prelims.
Defining NID DAT prelims MCQ questions score good or bad depends upon how much you are scoring in the drawing part.
According to your marks,
If you score 0–10 in drawing then your total would be around 56–66
- Which means you have a chance of not qualifying NID DAT prelims because last year the cutoff was around 67.
If you score 11–20 in drawing then your total would be around 67–76
- You have fair chance of qualifying the examination.
If you score 21–30 in drawing then your total would be around 77–86 .
- You will qualify the examination without any doubt. Get ready for NID DAT MAINS.
Hope this helps.
My score is 54 in NID DAT. Is it considered good score?
Hello,
Your Selection for DAT Mains and for admission completely depends upon the Drawing Part and Studio test respectively. 54 is good score in Part A.
But, it is of no use if you cannot score more than 15 marks in Part B . The cut-off is expected to be 65 or above.
All The Best.