Build skills to crack design exams in smarter , faster & better way ⚡️
CEED : UCEED : NID : NIFT 📅 Upcoming 2nd Cohort: 13th November 2022
📚Accelerator Curriculum
The Accelerator program aims to help you become exam ready quickly and smartly.
We will meet one week prior and understand the procedure of the program, and details about how to use the Kaphal platform. Though the sessions are pre-recorded the program will run in a cohort. You'll learn a lot from your peers. This week you'll get to know each other. Also, this week would recommend you go through the self-preparation course before we start the accelerator program.
The previous notions about design are reoriented and hence the stage ‘unlearn’. In this stage, we unravel the skills required to crack the design exams. This is the stage of ‘guided practice’. We look at the PYQs and try solving them together, brainstorm on them and learn from mistakes. 📅 Week-1 📌PART-A ✔️Indian Culture ✔️Designers ✔️Riddles ✔️ Surface Counting 📌GAT ✔️Verbal Reasoning ✔️Non-Verbal Reasoning ✔️Quantitative Aptitude 📌PART-B ✔️Problem Identification ✔️Design Principles ✔️Creative Solutions 📌DRAWING ✔️Perspective and Line Drawing ✔️FORMS ( 2D to 3D, 3D to 2D ✔️Proportion and Scaling
Reading and learning is not the only part of preparation. The actual preparation starts in our heads. How prepared we are mentally to take up the challenge? This stage focuses on these techniques. We imbibe the process and skills. 📅 Week-2 📌PART-A ✔️Data Interpretation/Passage ✔️Animation Study ✔️Designers ✔️Typography ✔️Indian Culture 📌GAT ✔️Verbal Reasoning ✔️Quantitative Aptitude ✔️English 📌PART-B ✔️Visual Sensitivity ✔️Form Sensitivity ✔️Stream Specific Preparation 📌DRAWING ✔️Memory Drawing ✔️Shading, Light, and Shadow
The best way to test your preparation is to teach. You create assignments and tests for others. We all attempt them and you evaluate us. You understand the mindset of a student and learn how to deal with it. 📅 Week-3 📌PART-A ✔️Area/Mensuration ✔️Tessellation + Tilling 📌GAT ✔️Verbal Reasoning ✔️Quantitative Aptitude ✔️English 📌PART-B ✔️Spatial Ability ✔️Visual Communication 📌DRAWING ✔️Color Theory and Psychology ✔️Cross Section + Intersection of 3D figures
We reflect on what we learned and try to find the answer to the fundamental question to excel in a competitive exam; ‘how to be different?’ The actual preparation required for the design entrance exam is over. 📅 Week-4 📌PART-A ✔️Media Study (Print + Digital) ✔️Physics (Mechanics, Mirror, Lens) ✔️Doubts + Revision 📌GAT ✔️Verbal Reasoning ✔️Quantitative Aptitude ✔️English 📌PART-B ✔️Human figures exercises ✔️Design Concepts/Inspirations
From the 5th week onwards, revisit and practice the same topics again till the exam. If you have dedicated the earlier 4 weeks with commitment, it is time to slow down. This week, we will revisit topics from Week 1 through activities and live tests.
Choose a plan 🚀
Limited spots are available in a cohort. Book early to get access.
Online
- Duration: 3 Months (Phase-1 + Phase-2)
- Phase 1: 1 month (30 days) Intensive preparation
- Phase 2: 2 months (15 hours) of interactive learning (Doubt-Solving, Mentoring & Revision)
- Access to recordings till the exams
- For CEED | UCEED | NID | NIFT
- Stream specific preparation for NID (M)
- Weekly Assignments & Tests: Total 24
- Study Sessions
Hybrid*
- Blended learning: Online (weekdays) & Offline (weekend)
- For CEED | UCEED | NID | NIFT
- All the features of the online plan included
- Duration: 3 Months (Phase-1 + Phase-2)
- Phase 1: 1 month (30 days) Intensive preparation
- Phase 2: 2 months (15 hours) of interactive learning (Doubt-Solving, Mentoring & Revision)
- 16 hours of classroom sessions (Offline)
- Additional 8 offline tests
- Special emphasis on sketching & maths for offline sessions
- Personalized attention for guidance
- Offline support till the exam
- Boot camp - free access worth 5k
- *Offline classes available in Pune & New Delhi
Meet your mentors
Arunav Dwivedi
Visual Designer | NIFTDesign is a way of thinking and can be developed with practice. We will work on that.
Arun Sahlot
Game Designer | NIDWe will learn to conceptualize the right ideas and transfer them onto the paper.
Prachi Anand
Visual Designer | IIT HIdentifying weaknesses is key. I will help you turn your weakness into strength.
I just wanted to thank y'all for all the videos and content you guys have created over the past 1 year. My AIR for UCEED was 26 and your C2D program and videos have helped me a lot! Thank you again:)
Surabhi Moorthy
C2D ProgramI couldn't thank you enough for all the support that you guys have given us throughout these few months. I don't think I could've done this without your guidance and I'm sure, like me, every other kaphal student would be extremely grateful to have you as mentors.
Shweta Dabral
C2D ProgramThe kaphal team has played a very important role in my preparation for design entrances as well. I owe you a big thanks for the journey we have had. I might not have got what I aspired but the process and journey was memorable.
Saurav Bakrania
C2D ProgramChoose a plan 🚀
Limited spots are available in a cohort. Book early to get access.
Online
- Duration: 3 Months (Phase-1 + Phase-2)
- Phase 1: 1 month (30 days) Intensive preparation
- Phase 2: 2 months (15 hours) of interactive learning (Doubt-Solving, Mentoring & Revision)
- Access to recordings till the exams
- For CEED | UCEED | NID | NIFT
- Stream specific preparation for NID (M)
- Weekly Assignments & Tests: Total 24
- Study Sessions
Hybrid*
- Blended learning: Online (weekdays) & Offline (weekend)
- For CEED | UCEED | NID | NIFT
- All the features of the online plan included
- Duration: 3 Months (Phase-1 + Phase-2)
- Phase 1: 1 month (30 days) Intensive preparation
- Phase 2: 2 months (15 hours) of interactive learning (Doubt-Solving, Mentoring & Revision)
- 16 hours of classroom sessions (Offline)
- Additional 8 offline tests
- Special emphasis on sketching & maths for offline sessions
- Personalized attention for guidance
- Offline support till the exam
- Boot camp - free access worth 5k
- *Offline classes available in Pune & New Delhi
Frequently Asked Questions
Got a question? We've got answers. If you have some other questions, contact us using email.
Yes! All the sessions are live! The timings are generally late evening 7 PM onwards. For offline sessions, the timings would be early afternoon. You can speak with our representatives to know more about timings.
Yes, you have access to all the recordings till the exam or 1st March 2023 (whichever is earlier)
Yes, you can enroll in a 1:1 trial session with a coach at Kaphal Studio to get answers to your doubts about the course and for general counseling on a career in design. You can even attend a session in an ongoing batch to understand our pedagogy better. 🤩 Please note that we charge a minimal amount for these trial sessions which is deducted if you enroll in the program.
During the 4-week period, we expect you to devote 10-12 hours including attending sessions and completing assignments. After 4 weeks, we will meet once every week till the exam.
To make it accessible for the majority of students in the country, we have introduced part-payment or payment in installments. Apart from that, you can use a credit card for no-cost EMI as well.
Yes. You can upgrade the plan anytime during the course. To upgrade you'll have to pay the difference at the time of upgrading. Please note that the offline sessions are not recorded so we will try and accommodate your missed sessions in the future batch.
We do not offer any refund, once the product has been purchased. You can enroll in as many trial sessions before enrolling in the program. Feel free to ask for a trial session before you purchase the course.
Offline sessions are designed to help you work on your problems and doubts personally. 👨🏫 Each session would be 2 hours long. All the Kaphal Studio mentors are well qualified and trained to tackle design exams queries. Here is a quick guide to the offline session: 👉🏻 Weekly offline tests and discussion with the mentor 👉🏻 Mentor will keep a track of your learning and submissions in the online sessions. 👉🏻 He/she will help work with you on your weak points 👉🏻 You can ask the mentors for review, feedback, discuss questions or discuss your preparation in general.
All the teachers at Kaphal Studio are professional mentors and are from premium design colleges. The mentors are trained in advance to help you achieve your goals.
Before we start the intense preparation for 4 weeks. You meet and greet your peers in the cohort in week-0. We help you get accustomed to our platform where you'll be submitting your tests and assignments. In short, week-0 is fun! 😎
We do suggest some reading materials. But, we do not believe in study materials for design. Even though we have collected everything you need to know from the exam perspective under Design Prep Repository. You can find the link to the repository in the "Resources" tab in the footer.
You can drop us an email at learn@kaphalstudio.com or directly call our helpline number +919311560779 [between 11 AM to 6 PM].
After 4 weeks we enter the Phase II of the preparation. You dive into the self-preparation mode. We will meet every Sunday.