{"id":1791,"date":"2026-03-30T12:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:25:01","slug":"nata-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/nata-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NATA 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83d\udccc <strong>About the Fest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NATA 2026 is the gateway to professional architecture in India eligible for candidates with 10+2 (or 10+3 Diploma) with 50% in PCM., conducted by the Council of Architecture (CoA). It is unique for its hybrid format, combining offline drawing assessments with online multiple-choice questions to evaluate a candidate&#8217;s innate ability to visualize and document objects. 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