ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT

The various activities in the department are a blend of both academic and co-curricular activities. This is co-coordinated so as to contribute to the overall development of the Students. Another feather in the cap is an active participation of students in various Seminars and Workshops. The Department is also actively participating in National Association for Students of Architecture (NASA), which is a platform for the budding Architects of the entire Nation to share their views on the related subject. The students are also encouraged to go for the various educational tours to get the maximum field exposure.

 

STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES


 

The students have been regularly participating in national level competitions like INSDAG (Award for the best steel design) and NASA competitions etc. The students have won the various paper reading and presentation contests.
 
 
  • Mr. Sachin. S. Patil had participated in the essay competition on “Green Building and Energy: a creative challenge to Engineers and Architects” organized under the banner of Construction journal of India in the year 2005. The paper submitted by him was selected to receive the first prize of Rs. 5000/- plus a shield out of all the papers submitted by the pre final and final year students of Civil Engineering and Architecture across the country.
  • Recently , Sachin S. Patil and Riyan Habeeb were awarded with special mention prize at IIT Roorkee for their presentation on the topic “Digital Designing and Analysis”.
  • The students have scored good ranks in the GATE 2006 Exam with All India Ranks 23, 28, 83 and so on.
  • The students have been participating annually in the all India level quiz competition “Archumen” and have been bagging the top positions at all India level
 

 
 

 

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

 

All the venues for the various cultural and academic activities are designed and decorated by the students of Architecture under the able guidance of faculty of Architecture.  The students have been participating in extra curricular activities during the Hill’ffair and for VISSA events including face painting, sketching, group discussions, quiz etc. Students participated as observers in the Zonal NASA convention held in Lucknow in October 2003 and in Delhi in November 2004 in which they won prizes in the various on the spot competitions. The students also arranged a Pre convention meet, to Annual NASA 2004 in the Deptt. of Architecture of the institute. They have also attended the Annual NASA 2004, 2005 at Bhopal and Mumbai respectively. Exposure to all India Architecture colleges and their quality of academic work has been a major source of inspiration to the students. Expert lectures and workshops are conducted regularly and are the part of curriculum.

 

 

 


CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE FACULTY:

 

A number of construction projects have been dealt with by the department in all these 6 years including the planning of the Juice bar, lecture halls, automated office complex, conceptual drawings of the extension of library, vertical expansion of different blocks  in the campus itself. The department faculty has contributed significantly in the development of the institute and has undertaken following projects:

 

 

•         Designing and planning of the new Architecture Block.

•         Renovation drawing of the all the Deptt. buildings.

•         Landuse map of the Institute.

•         Reception counter of the institute’s Auditorium.

•         Color scheme of the various departments & Hostels of the institute.

•         Designing of the Juice Bar near the Director’s Residence.

•         Landscape Development Plan of SLIET, Longowal (Pb.)

•         landscape layout of the National institute of Technology, Hamirpur.

•         Design of the Hostel Brochure of the Institute.

•         Convocation Souvenir cover page design

•          Documentation and planning of  Shani Dev Temple Complex at Lambru.


OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
 


The faculty members have contributed 10 publications for the national/international journals by now and about 25 papers in the national and international conferences.
 


The department has been organizing short term courses for the better exposure and knowledge of students, faculty and the community. The following courses were organized by the Deptt in the recent past.

 

•         “ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTION FOR ENERGY OPTIMIZATION” from July 12th – 16th, 2004 sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi.

 

•         “LANDUSE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF HILL AREAS” from May 30th – June 3rd, 2005 Organized under service to Community & Economy programme of TEQIP for the year 2005.

·         “ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING” to be held from 5th June,2006 to 9th June,2006

 

The department has sincerely initiated efforts for the promotion of Sustainable Development in Region with the collaboration of A3 Foundation, Panchkula. The Deptt. owes the responsibility and is totally committed towards the cause of Sustainable development in this hill region.