Two day National conference by BNCA on “Built Environment and Beyond: Theory and Practice”
Pune (Voice News Service): As India moves forward on a progressive path, everything from the ancient knowledge of our tradition to today’s modern science and technology should be included in a coordinated research in architecture required for man-made construction design. This should start from our academics itself opined Internationally renowned architect and professor of architecture and planning department at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Dr. Joy Sen. As per the new national education policy, it is necessary to make comprehensive enhancements in architecture education. Architect Habib Khan, President, Council of Architecture (COA) expressed that responsible and confident professionals will be able to achieve qualitative growth.
MKSSS’s Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture for Women (BNCA) recently organized a two-day national conference on Built Environment and Beyond: Theory and Practice .Dr. Sen and Architect Habib Khan presented the keynote speeches. The national conference was organized under the guidance of Dr. Anurag Kashyap, Principal BNCA . Convenor of the conference Dr. Aarti Verma and co-convener Dr. Amrita Garud were present on this occasion.
In this conference based on research papers, Dr. Vaishali Angal, Dr. Dharitri Wankhede, Dr. Amita Pradhan, Dr. Sanjivani Pendse etc including 29 scholars and 13 fellow scholars presented research papers. Dr. Abhijit Natu, Dr. Sharveya Dhongde, Dr. Vasudha Gokhale, Dr. Chetan Sahasrabudhe, Dr. Parag Narkhede, Dr. Shubhada Kamalapurkar, Dr. Meera Shirodhekar, Dr. Swati Sahasrabuddhe and Dr. Sujata Karve also spoke during the conference as an expert.
Dr. Anurag Kashyap said that the culture of doing research in architecture on a multidisciplinary basis has already been cultivated in BNCA with 18 teaching professors and 37 research professors . It is on this basis that we have set a broad goal of starting a research center at local level, then national and finally international level. This national conference is the beginning of this initiative.
Dr. Verma said that all the research papers to be presented in the national conference will be made available ‘online’. The best research paper will be awarded.
Dr.Joy Sen speaking on the topic of Scope of Research on Architectural planning in built environment said modern psychology and sciences is coming close to the Indian knowledge system. This has pushed the world to an understanding that we have to design our paradigm in such a way that our architecture and planning gives much more than measurements , coding and pythons and is about understanding the people , culture and ecosystems . So the ancient wisdom is increasingly realized. Some of the great wisdoms roofed in India recognized by modern sciences need to enter the vocabulary of design. This will help interconnectedness and interconnected living. The whole idea of designing a systems building is about understanding of all energy cycles in relationship with the socio economic and policy and institutional setups , this is the kind of research value we must imbibe in architecture and planning students so that they evolve holistically .
Architect Habib Khan said that on one hand universities teaching architecture abroad are coming to India but on the other hand we should not lose intelligent students who go abroad to study. On the contrary, in the coming two decades, we should make a revolutionary change in our architecture education and should continue to strive to create architects who will work for our country.
He further said that in the next two decades it is predicted that our architects will work all over the world. Therefore, from now on architecture education should create flexibility and inclusiveness in our curriculum while creating a culture of collaborative work rather than individual progress. Only through this we can provide international quality work and services effectively.
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