What are the important topics for CEED 2026?
IIT Bombay has released the syllabus for CEED 2026. When preparing for the exam, the candidate had to also pay special attention to the important topics as they carry more weightage and also have a higher chance of being asked in the exam.
Here are important topics of CEED:
Creative Writing Skills | Drawing Ability and Skills | Communication Skills |
Design Concepts | How to Develop Characters | Logical Reasoning |
Light and Shadow | Perspective Design | Logo Design |
Problem Identification & Design Problem Solving | Scale and Proportion | Product Designing |
Basics of Drawing- Lies and Shapes | Graduation Chart | Colour Theory, Colors Scheme and colors Compositions |
Still Life Drawings, Eye Levels and Symmetrical Drawing Concepts, Object drawings from everyday life | Perspective- Types and Usage | Human Body Knowledge |
Anatomy, Proportion and Division | Basic and advanced Human Drawings | Hands and Feet Study |
Human Features | Animal and Bird Study | Colour Rendering and Design |
Inspirational Design | Means of Advertisement-Visual Communication | Grind Colleagues |
Metamorphosis | Study of Objects and Lateral Thinking | Compositions |
Story Illustrations | Pictograms and Signage | Geometrical and Design Exercise |
Compositional sense | Placement of different figure proportionally | Sense of proportion |
Basics of materials and manufacturing processes | Interaction Design and Visual Communication | Sketching |
Representation techniques | Problem identification & solving | Visual perception |
Interface design & Product Design | Poster, Logo, Character designing | Story telling |
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