Build career in specialized programmes in Planning at GNDU
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ June 23,2023
Developing the human settlements for better quality of life is an age-old practice all across the world. Mohen-Jo Daro, Babylon, Rome, Athens and many such settlements are examples of meticulous visionary planning. The principles, techniques, and norms followed in planning their unique character and architectural marvels are still the guiding marks in the contemporary times. The rebuilding strategies followed to rehabilitate slum dwellers of industrial era seek to optimize the urban living through planning interventions. Hyper urbanization leading to organic growth and infrastructural challenges are mind boggling and require a Plannerto apply his expertise and planning guidelines to benefit all the inhabitants irrespective of their social or economic status. Thus, planning discipline has travelled a long way to guide the development of settlement of different sizes.
Planning, also known as Spatial Planning or Physical Planning, is a specialized skill-based multidisciplinary discipline, presenting integrated scientific, technological, engineering, artistic, geographic, sociological, economic, environmental, etc. developmental approach in the most holistic and comprehensive manner. The settlements planned and designed by the trained planners are known for their livability standards, resilience, and sustainability.
Candidates interested to make Planning their career have several options to specialize in this discipline. They can join Under-graduate Programmein Urban and Regional Planning after completing 10+2 with Maths and English subjects. The other option available is to undertake specialized Post-graduate Programmes in Urban/Infrastructure/ Transport/Housing/Environment/Regional Planning, etc. after completing Bachelors in Architecture/Civil Engineering/Planning or Masters Degree in Geography/Sociology/Economics.
Having completed the Bachelors/Masters Degree Programmes, the student is eligible to apply for Government/Corporate/ Non-Government Organizations,undertaking planning projects, across the country as well as internationally. The discipline also finds increasing absorption in specialized organizations and think tanks dealing with transportation, infrastructure, housing and real estate, sanitation, water supply and waste management.According to a report of Expert Committee in Town Planning and Architecture to Energise Architecture and Town Planning Education (2011) set up by Ministry of Human Resource Development, India would need 3,00,000 Town and Country Planners by 2031.
Out of 51 Schools of Planning, Guru Ramdas School of Planning in Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar is a prominent Planning School in the Northern Regionimparting quality professional education in the planning discipline since 1972. It offers five-year integrated programme titled M.Tech. (Urban and Regional Planning) as per the guidelines of New Education Policy 2020. The students have the option to exit the programme after completing four years to attain B. Tech. (Urban and Regional Planning) degree. The School also offers specialized M.Tech. (Urban Planning), M.Tech. (Infrastructure Planning), and M.Tech. (Transport Planning) programmes. The eligibility qualifications for each programme are already mentioned above.
Build career in specialized programmes in Planning at GNDU. More than 1100 Planning Professionals have graduated from the School. They have registered their presence pan-India in the capacities of Chief Town Planners, Senior Town Planners, District Town Planners, Assistant Town Planners and Planning Officers in Government Town and Country Planning Departments in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Delhi, and in the Northern States of India. In addition the School’s Alumni contribute to the corporate sector in planning at various positions like Chief Executive Officer, Planning Manager, Planning Consultant, Project Managers, etc. The School Alumni are also making significant contributions in the NGO sector like the internationally acclaimed Centre of Science and Environment and a host of others. Internationally, the School Alumni are working in USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Europe in both the Government and private sector. The degree Programmes offered by the School are recognized internationally for employment and further studies in USA, Canada, Australia, and Europe to name a few.
