The Union Cabinet today approved financial support of Rs.434 crore for establishing four new National Institutes of Design (NID) at Jorhat (Assam), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) and Kurukshetra (Haryana).

The proposed design institutes will offer both under-graduate and post graduate education in design disciplines meeting the regional needs.

Financial support for new design institutes approved, enabling undergraduate and postgraduate design programs to meet regional needs. The Union Cabinet approved financial support to establish four National Institutes of Design at Jorhat, Bhopal, Vijayawada and Kurukshetra to create institutional capacity and infrastructure for delivering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in design disciplines tailored to regional needs and to expand geographic access to specialised design education.