Hi Aspirant

For those with creative ideas and artistic mind, graphic designing is indeed a promising and an exciting career choice. A graphic designer has  the benefit to display his thoughts visually and in some of the most beautifuly carved manner.

"You need to first find out if your interests match with the demands of the course. If yes, then for now you only have to focus on scoring a good score in your boards in order to get admission for design course in the best college."

Know your Job Description:

Graphic designers are responsible to generate pictorial concepts, using computer software or by hand, communicate inspiring thoughts and ideas, enlighten the consumers. They improve the general design and production strategy for various requests such as commercials, promotional material, magazines, and business reports.

Their primary responsibility is Creation of visual features like images, logos, designs, photographs, etc. to leave a lasting impact on the reader's mind.

Skills required:

• Extremely creative and innovative mind and logical thought process.
• IT Skills for editing work.
• Proficiency in the application used in graphic designing.
• Basic Knowledge of designing principles and software’s is essential.
• Communication Skills
• Ability to meet the client requirements

Graphic Designing Careers:

After earning your degree, you have numerous options available to work under, like Desktop Publishers, Brand Identity Designer, Art Directors, Flash Designers, Industrial Designers, Drafters, Web Developers, Animator, Technical Writers, Picture Editor, Design Manager, Flash Designers, Web Designer, Visual Image Developer, Logo Designers.

Salary & Growth in Graphic Design Jobs:

The package of a designer as a fresher level is 4 – 5 Lakhs. After a few years of experience in the industry, the earnings eventually rise up. Some designers are known to run to run their own businessess after couple of years of experience. Growth is really good especially for the applicants who work with various types of media, such as websites and print publications.

Top Companies Hiring Graphic Designers in India:

• Imagine! Print Solutions
• Graphic Design, Inc.
• Pearson Education
• HCL Technologies Ltd.
• Honeywell International Inc.
• R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
• Tata Consultancy Services

Institutes offering Bachelor's degree in design (B.Des) or B.A. in Graphic Design, of 4 year duration are as below:

1. NID (National Institute of Design), Ahmedabad

Admission:Open to 12 standard students, All India Examination, Studio Test and Interview. Fees: Rs. 2,70, 000.

2 .MAEER’S MIT Institute of Design, Pune

Admission: The basic eligibility for admissions in the Bachelor of Design is 10+2 from any stream, (State BoardsAISSCE/ IB/ ISC) the students have to clear the admission process comprising of Design Aptitude test followed by studio test & personal interview.

3. Symbiosis institute of design, pune

Admission :All Indian students are required to take the Symbiosis Entrance Exam for Design (SEED), which will be held on 1st Saturday of May of the admission year. Fees: Rs 3,98,000

4. Industrial Design Center, IIT Bombay

Admission: Open to 10+2 based on only All India Examination scores (UCEED) with No Studio Test + No Interview. Fees: Rs. 1,20,000

Hello,

Graphic designing is a career option you can pursue by a lot of ways. With any stream,  you can take this as a career option.

To be a graphic designer,  you can opt for following undergraduate courses-

BFA

B. Des



BFA

Bachelor's in Fine Arts is a 3 year undergraduate program that makes you an expert



B. Des( Graphic Design)

There are many colleges in India that provide this undergraduate program. NID being the top institution.



For this, you can give NID- DAT test-

Eligibility Criteria

• upper age limit for the candidates under this course is 20 years
• appearing or who have already passed the qualifying examinations under the Higher Secondary (10+2) from AISSCE/IB/ICSE or any recognised Board

If you qualify the examination, you can do B.Des in Graphic Designing from National Institute of Design. You can further do M. Des in graphic designing.



You can also apply in the state government colleges which provides this course. To know eligibility criteria, you can refer to the university website of your state.(Admission there is generally based on merit Or entrance exam.)



Apart from the government colleges, many reputed private colleges also provide this course.



Short Term Courses

Another best method of pursuing graphic design is by doing a certificate course in it. Usually short term courses are 3- 6 months long and you can do them along with your any undergraduate degree.  After that you can start working in the main field by doing internships or independent projects.

Graphic designers use visual concepts to convey information to consumers. If that's your calling, go for it! In any way you like,  you can become a graphic designer.

I hope your questions are answered. If you have any other doubt. Feel free to ask or comment.

All the best for your future!

Hello!

You can do Bachelor’s Degree in Graphics Design. or Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts. (BFA) .

There are various government run institutes like :

NID (National Institute of Design), Ahmedabad

IDC, IIT Bombay

NIFT, Delhi

MAEER’S MIT Institute of Design, Pune

Srishti School of Art Design and Technology, (Bengaluru, Pune , Trivandrum)

GD Goenka School of Fashion & Design, (Mumbai)

Sir J J Institute of Applied Art, (Mumbai)

Delhi College of Art, Delhi

Good Luck:))

As you are a student of commerce at this time. You need to take computer science next year as an extra or optional subject. As you know the graphic designer is related to the computer science. And if you want to do bsc in computer science than it will helpful to you. And through this you can learn better graphic designing.

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