National Testing Agency (NTA)

Offline (pen-and-paper, OMR)

NISER Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CEBS Mumbai

Computer-Based Test (CBT)

Proposed by National Medical Commission (NMC); conducting body 'most likely AIIMS' per page

Online (computer-based), two steps

National Institute of Design (NID)

DAT Prelims: pen-and-paper (B.Des) / online (M.Des); DAT Mains: offline Studio Test/Interview

National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India

Offline, pen-and-paper-based test (theory); practical exams conducted separately, in computer-based mode

National Testing Agency (NTA) for NIFT (20 campuses)

Stage 1: NIFT GAT online (CBT), NIFT CAT offline (pen and paper); Stage 2: Situation Test and PI offline

Conducted on rotational basis by one of the NITs (NIT Tiruchirappalli for NIMCET 2026)

Computer Based Test (CBT), online

NIPER (conducted by each NIPER institute on a rotational basis; NIPER Mohali for 2026)

Computer-Based Test (CBT); 2026 exam held in 21 cities

SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

Computer-Based Test (CBT), from a test centre, English medium

National Sugar Institute (NSI), Kanpur

Offline (pen and paper, MCQ), two sessions with different papers

The Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development (OCLD), The Oberoi Group

No written exam; multi-stage assessment (group activities and interviews)

Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar

Offline