Rao, P. S. N.
Town planning education and practice in India: need for capacity enhancement and reforms - Vol.19(2), Apr-June - New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2022 - 54-61p.
Initially, it was the municipal bodies who were the only apparatus to look after towns
and cities. Subsequently, town planning departments emerged. Improvement Trusts were
also created in many towns. Later, various statutory bodies were set up and municipal
functions got eroded. Slowly, a series of para-statal bodies emerged and created
a complex web or organizations in the city planning and administration framework.
With reference to education delivery, while in the earlier days, institutions were
primarily in the government fold, the situation today has changed substantially, with
the mushrooming of private sector institutions and universities. Further, to regulate
these, the framework has also become complex with various actors viz. the Central
government, state governments, UGC, AICTE and the Institute of Town Planners, India.
The Government of India has taken a serious view about the town and country planning
profession and education and has urged for reforms at various levels so that ultimately, the
profession and the future planners could benefit from the same.
ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)
Town planning education and practice in India: need for capacity enhancement and reforms - Vol.19(2), Apr-June - New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2022 - 54-61p.
Initially, it was the municipal bodies who were the only apparatus to look after towns
and cities. Subsequently, town planning departments emerged. Improvement Trusts were
also created in many towns. Later, various statutory bodies were set up and municipal
functions got eroded. Slowly, a series of para-statal bodies emerged and created
a complex web or organizations in the city planning and administration framework.
With reference to education delivery, while in the earlier days, institutions were
primarily in the government fold, the situation today has changed substantially, with
the mushrooming of private sector institutions and universities. Further, to regulate
these, the framework has also become complex with various actors viz. the Central
government, state governments, UGC, AICTE and the Institute of Town Planners, India.
The Government of India has taken a serious view about the town and country planning
profession and education and has urged for reforms at various levels so that ultimately, the
profession and the future planners could benefit from the same.
ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)