page_title: National Institute of Design
section_title: NODE - NIDs Online Design Education
hierarchical_section_title: National Institute of Design / Events / NODE - NIDs Online Design Education
context_page_description: The National Institute of Design is a design school in Ahmedabad with campuses in Gandhinagar and Bengaluru. The other NIDs are in Kurukshetra, Vijayawada and Jorhat and National Institute of Design, Madhya Pradesh at Bhopal. The institute functions as an autonomous body under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. NID is recognised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research under Ministry of Science and Technology, government of India, as a scientific and industrial design research organisation.
  NID is accorded as "Institutes of National Importance" by Act of Parliament, under the National Institute of Design Act, 2014.
context_section_description: In December 2015, NID launched NODE (NIDs Online Design Education), an online initiative which delivers self-directed and self-paced design classes from the faculty of the National Institute of Design to students across the country. Students need not be enrolled in NID, and must only pay a nominal fee, to take these classes. NID does not issue physical certificates on course completion. Only a digital certificate is issued. The first course was launched on 23 December 2015, titled "Design Fundamentals", and consisted of 47 online classes.
caption: Art within the main building of NID, Ahmedabad
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