National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh
The National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh (NID - AP) is a design school in Guntur District, India. The institute started functioning on 7 September 2015. This institute functions as an autonomous body under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. It is temporarily at Acharya Nagarjuna University on Guntur - Vijayawada highway (NH 16) and will move to a permanent 50-acre (20 ha) campus in Amaravati, the new capital city of Andhra Pradesh.
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| Type | Autonomous Institution of National Importance |
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| Established | 2015 |
| Chairperson | Joint Secretary, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry |
| Director | Sekhar Mukherjee |
| Undergraduates | 240 |
| Location | , , India 16.373354°N 80.526540°E |
| Campus | Rural |
| Website | nid |
Courses offered
The institute offers Bachelor of Design(B.Des) courses in Industrial Design,Communication Design, Textile and Apparel Design.
Bachelor of Design (B.Des)
This 4-year course is offered in three specializations by NID Andhra Pradesh. As the National Institute of Design Act 2019 was passed the institute will give B.Des instead of GDPD. This course has a total of 75 seats. Now NID Andhrapradesh is an Institute of National Importance( INI).
Infrastructure
The transit campus for the institute has been set up at the EEE & ECE Block, Acharya Nagarjuna University. The current campus include Studios, Knowledge Management Centre (Library) and I.T. Lab. Also, the institute provides students with full-time internet access.