The Indian Institute of Architects Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter received the "Best Chapter Award" for the first time in the 92-year history of IIA. The award was given at the National Conference in Nagpur and received by the Chairman and other office bearers of the Chapter. The Chapter was recognized for its work in organizing various conferences, workshops and programs to promote architecture. It has also successfully launched new sub-centers in cities across Punjab to expand its reach. The Chapter dedicated the award to the creators of Chandigarh - Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew - for their invaluable contribution to India's modern architecture.

1. IIA TIMESA QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS : CHANDIGARH - PUNJAB CHAPTER
NOVEMBER - JANUARY 2010
IIA CHANDIGARH-PUNJAB CHAPTER GETS “BEST CHAPTER AWARD”
Receiving the Best Chapter Award 'BEST CHAPTER AWARD' TROPHY
IIA, CHANDIGARH-PUNJAB CHAPTER WISHES ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR
Indian Institute of Architects (IIA), Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter got "Best Chapter Award" at Nagpur recently. The award was given by the
President of IIA, Ar Vinay Parelkar at Nagpur in a glittering ceremony on the Valedictory function at the National Conference, NATCON 2009. It
was attended by 1000 architects gathered from all over the world at prestigious Dr Vasantrao Deshpande Memorial Auditorium at Nagpur in
Maharashtra. The award was received by Jit Kumar Gupta, National Joint Honorary Secretary, IIA and Surinder Bahga, Chairman of the
Chapter along with Chapter office bearers Sanjay Goel, Ashok Juneja, Archana Chaudhary and Praveer Goel. The Best Chapter Award was
given to Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter first time in the 92 years history of IIA. In the past, this Chapter got runners-up trophy a few years ago.
This award is being given to Chapters and Centres of IIA every year based on their performance to promote architecture profession in India. At
present, India has approximately 17 Chapters and 41 Centres. Kerala and West Bengal are other Chapters which have been awarded for their
excellent performance.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Bahga said that the Chapter has worked relentlessly during the whole year. It has organized various conferences,
workshops and Interaction programmes in Chandigarh and in the state of Punjab. The Chapter has successfully launched one Centre at
Ludhiana and three Sub Centres at Patiala, Amritsar and Jalandhar in order to coordinate the activities of the Chapter. IIA has the rare
distinction of taking the initiative with CPWD regarding abolition of Earnest Money Deposit for the architects for the empanelment. The Chapter
has also appealed to the Union Government regarding conferment of Bharat Ratna Award to architects like Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
for their invaluable contribution to India's modern architecture. Besides this, IIA is instrumental in organising musical and cultural programmes to
imbibe good values in this part of the country.

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REPORT ON IIA CHANDIGARH - PUNJAB CHAPTER
ACTIVITIES FROM MARCH 2009 ONWARDS
The new team of Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter of IIA, 2008-2010 took over in February, 2009
under the chairmanship of Ar Surinder Bahga. Ar Rakesh Bansal and Ar Jaswinder Singh have
been elected as Vice Chairman and Hon Treasurer respectively. Ar Sarbjit Bahga and Ar
Ashok Juneja have been selected as Jt Hon Secretaries. The Executive Members include Ar
Sanjay Goel, Ar Archana Chaudhary, Ar Bharti Kaushik, Ar PPS Ahluwalia, and Ar Ram Murti
Kalra. Ar AS Mehndiratta and Ar Ravinder Khosla were elected as Co-opted members. Ar
Lakhbir Singh and Ar Pankaj Chhabra have been selected as Special Invitees. The team has
organized a number of activities ever since they have taken over. Some of them are:
Seminar "Chandigarh: Beyond Corbuserism" on April 28, 2009 at Chandigarh.
Seminar "Ludhiana 2020" on June 28, 2009 at Ludhiana.
Workshop on "Sustainable Building Design" on July 30, 2009 at Chandigarh.
Panel Discussion on "Green Buildings" on August 8, 2009 at Ludhiana.
Architects Meet "Let's Talk & Cheer" was held on September 12, 2009 at Jalandhar.
Conference on "Building Green Cities" with Swiss Embassy on September 15, 2009 at
Chandigarh.
A Ghazal Nite titled "Tarana" by Singer Ms Rinku Kalia on September 29, 2009 at
Chandigarh.
"International Conference on Global Architecture" on October 11, 2009 in collaboration with
Embassy of Mexico at Chandigarh.
Patiala Sub Centre inaugurated on October 14, 2009 and lectures by Ar Jit Gupta and
Surinder Bahga were organised.
Amritsar Sub Centre inaugurated and lecture on Amritsar's Heritage by Ar Jit Gupta was
held on October 31, 2009 at Amritsar.
IIA Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter was given "Best Chapter Award" on November 7 at
National Conference, 2009 at Nagpur.
National Conference on "Energy-Efficient Building Design" on November 11, 2009 in
association with Indo Global College of Architecture, Abhipur, District SAS Nagar.
Ludhiana Sub Centre inaugurated and a lecture by Er Ashish Rakheja was organised on
November 21, 2009 at Ludhiana.
Photographic Exhibition on "Works of Le Corbusier in India & Germany" by Ms Barbara
from November 25 to December 2, 2009 in collaboration with German Ministry for Foreign
Relations, German Embassy in New Delhi and Institute for Foreign Relations, Stuttgart,
Germany at Chandigarh.
Seminar "Chandigarh After 60 years" on December 14, 2009 in association with Aayojan
School of Architecture, Jaipur at Chandigarh.
Seminar on "Sustainable Building Materials and Nano Technology" organised by IIA Sub
Centre Jalandhar on December 20, 2009 at Jalandhar. Jalandhar Sub Centre was
inaugurated on the same day.
Symposium on "Urban Sustainability and Green Buildings" in collaboration with Ministry of
New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi on January 17, 2010 at Chandigarh.
Seminar "Planning of Cities" in association with College of Architecture, SVIT, VASAD
(Gujarat) on January 23, 2010 at Chandigarh.
Chapter Website (www.iiachdpb.com) launched.
Quarterly Newsletter "IIA Times" launched.
"Meet the Press" on Master Plans of Jalandhar & Patiala organised on January 3, 2010
and January 17, 2010 respectively.
IIA Membership has grown from 275 to 400 numbers.
Working on travelling exhibition on "Modern Architecture" to be held at various places in
2010.
Working on 'Architectural Film Festival" to be held in 2010 at Chandigarh.
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SYMPOSIUM ON “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT”
Ar Vinay Parelkar addressing the Audience Speakers
The Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy, Government of India in association
with Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter of the
Indian Institute of Architects organised one
day Symposium on 'Urban Sustainability
and Green Buildings' on January 17, 2010
at Government Museum and Art Gallery,
Sector 10, Chandigarh. This is a part of
awareness programme of the Ministry of
New and Renewable Energy, Government
of India, which is providing technical and
financial support to the states for
implementation of various energy efficient
d e m o p r o j e c t s l i k e
seminars/workshops/training courses, etc.
It was attended by 300 architects,
planners, engineers and students of these
disciplines from Chandigarh, Punjab,
Haryana, Delhi, etc. This Symposium was
aimed at increasing awareness about
efficient use of energy and its conservation
not only in building design but in the design
of the cities as well. Ar SS Sekhon,
Principal, Indo Global College of
Architecture, Abhipur delivered the
Welcome address.
President of IIA, Ar Vinay Parelkar was the
Chief Guest. He explained, "The world
energy scenario shows that buildings and
construction consumes the major share of
the global energy. There is a close
connection between today's building designs
and the increasing energy crisis, which is
rising day by day. However, comfort can
also be achieved with less consumption of
energy. Thus introduction to sustainable
building design measures can make an
important contribution to minimize the
energy crisis. Buildings can be designed on
passive heating and cooling concepts."
Ar Surinder Bahga, Chairman of the
Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter of IIA delivered
the keynote address. He said, "A green
building uses less energy, water and
natural resources, creates less waste and is
healthier for the people as compared to a
standard building. We should adopt various
mechanisms for reducing power
consumption substantially in a bid to
combat climate change."
Other prominent speakers include
Architect-Planner Jeet Malhotra, who has
spoken on Environmental Planning Unit. Er
RK Kaura, Secretary General of Solar
Energy Society of India stressed on the
need of role of architects in harnessing
Solar Energy. Ar Jit Gupta highlighted on
planning sustainable cities and designing
green buildings. Ar Archana Chaudhary
spoke on Energy Efficient Building
Materials. She explained, "Environment-
friendly and energy-efficient buildings are
increasingly becoming popular and may
grow over three times in the next five
years, thereby offering new opportunities to
the construction industry." Er AC Verma,
Principal Director, Military Engineering
Services' spoke on saving energy in
designing building services.
Mr MS Miianwall, Member, Board of
Governors of PEDA chaired the technical
sessions. He spoke about the use of three
E's (Energy, Environment, and Education)
for the benefit of people of the country.
SEMINAR“CHANDIGARH:AFTER60YEARS”
The Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter of IIA
organized a seminar on "CHANDIGARH:
AFTER 60 YEARS" in association with
Aayojan School of Architecture, Jaipur here at
Chandigarh on December 14, 2009 in the
Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10.
Chandigarh is the boldest experiment in town
planning and modern architecture in India. It
is now 60 years old and boasts of
internationally acknowledged architecture of
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. The
architecture of Chandigarh has gone through
a tremendous change. The architecture and
planning of Chandigarh is at the threshold of
change, it is high time to evaluate its
successes and failures and suggest solutions.
Ar Jit Kumar Gupta, Joint Hon Secretary of
IIA, Mumbai was the Chief Guest. He spoke
about the problems of Chandigarh periphery
and the solutions to be sought for solving the
problems. He said, "Periphery Control Act,
1952 which guides the management of this
periphery has been blatantly violated by all
the respective governments, which has
adversely affected the character of this
periphery. Formation of statutory body by
Government of India to regulate development
in the periphery of the Tricity i.e. Chandigarh
(U.T), Panchkula (Haryana) and Mohali
(Punjab) is of paramount importance to
check such violations and unplanned
development in the periphery".
Ar Surinder Bahga delivered the lecture on
the planning and designing of Chandigarh.
He emphasized that Chandigarh being a
marvel in Architecture is recognized even
after 60 years of its creation. He suggested,
"A comprehensive master plan should be
prepared for Tricity and the periphery areas.
The existing periphery around Chandigarh
Ar Vinay Parelkar entertaining the Audience with Melodious Songs

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periphery wherein technocrats such as
architects, town planners, engineers,
environmentalists, etc. be its members. Its
recommendations should be thoroughly
adhered to.
? A comprehensive master plan should be
prepared for Tricity and the periphery
areas. The existing periphery around
Chandigarh should be left as it is and any
new construction should be done according
to the master plan.
? In view of the scarcity of land in
Chandigarh, optimum use of available land
in the city should be made and all left over
projects should be completed on priority.
Redensification of Phase-I should be
initiated and the existing infrastructure
should be augmented accordingly.
? The de-silting of Sukhna Lake is not the
solution to restore the glory of the same as
it is very costly. Instead small check dams
should be built in the catchment area of the
lake which is about 7000 acres. Similar
dams can be made within the city on
should be left as it is and any new
construction should be done according to the
master plan".
Ar Archana Chaudhary spoke about the
unrealized projects of Le Corbusier like
Governor's Palace, Museum of Knowledge,
Sports Stadium and Mechanized Roof
Mechanism of Assembly Hall at Capitol
Complex, Chandigarh. She emphasized,
"Since these projects could not be completed
due to paucity of funds, the Chandigarh
Administration may take up these dream
projects of the Master architects now." Ar
Sangeet Sharma spoke about recent
developments in City. He suggested that the
architecture which is coming up in
Chandigarh has the influence of Le
Corbusier. Ar N P S Rathore, Head and
Dean of Studies, Aayojan School of
Architecture, Jaipur said that he is impressed
by the planning concept of Chandigarh city.
Recommendations of the Seminar
? A central controlling authority be constituted
for the development of Chandigarh and its
“HORIZONTAL CITY/VERTICAL VILLAGE
LIVING WITH LE CORBUSIER IN CHANDIGARH AND BERLIN”
Photo exhibition by Barbara Hoegner
Vertical Village-Living with Le Corbusier in Berlin
The Indian Institute of Architects,
Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter in association
with the Goethe Zentrum Max Mueller
Bhawan, Chandigarh organised a photo
exhibition by German photographer Ms
Barbara Hoegner (Frankfurt) entitled
"Horizontal City/ Vertical Village-Living with
Le Corbusier in Chandigarh and Berlin". The
photos visualized Chandigarh as a place
highly appreciated by its inhabitants, who
enjoy working as well as their family life in
the modernist setting. Likewise the images
taken in the Le Corbusier's buildings in Berlin
covered the unique architecture as well as
the individually designed homes. The
presentation of both portfolios emphasized the
conceptional framework of the photographer:
A cross-cultural perspective on the various
approaches and challenges towards a
creation by world-class architect Le
Corbusier. The exhibition attempted to
contribute to the Indo-German cultural
relation.
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rivulets. It will recharge the water and
improve the general health in the city.
? Planned areas should be provided within
the city only for the people of service class.
They should not be located outside the
city.
? Villages retained within the city as well as
within the periphery area should be
developed as model villages and some
sorts of development guidelines should be
framed for the future to check unregulated
growth.
? No need to relocate slums from the urban
area rather basic amenities in these areas
should be upgraded on the pattern of
Indore (Gujarat) Model by involving slum
dwellers as the stake holders.
? To improve the healthy environment in the
city vis-à-vis the increase in the
population and load on infrastructure, there
is a need to develop two more Leisure
Valleys along Sukhna Choe and Patiala-
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING DESIGN”
Delegates at the National Conference
A National Conference on Energy-Efficient
Building Design was organised on November
11, 2009 by the Indo Global College of
Architecture, Abhipur in association with
Indian Institute of Architects Chandigarh-
Punjab Chapter and Saakaar Foundation.
Ms Geetika Kalha, IAS Principal Secretary to
Government of Punjab, Department of
Cultural Affairs, and Archaeology was the
Chief Guest on this occasion. She inspired
the students and the planners to design the
buildings in such a manner so that valuable
energy is saved for future. She also recalled
the importance of traditional energy-efficient
features of our vernacular and historic
buildings and called upon the architects and
students to learn and incorporate such
features in their design.
Chief Architect Punjab, Ar Balvinder Saini,
who was the guest of honour at the
conference also addressed the conference
and highlighted the importance of energy
conservation. Dr SS Bhatti former Principal of
Chandigarh College of Architecture presented
a very thought-provoking keynote address.
Ar SS Bahga made a very interesting and
informative presentation about the energy
efficient buildings. Ar. Gaurav Shorey, an
expert on energy-efficient buildings from
TERI gave a presentation on energy efficient
building codes and the importance of GRIHA
and LEED systems for the rating of energy
efficiency of buildings. Eminent horticulturist
H.S. Johl dwelt on the role of Landscaping
on the energy efficiency.
Ar SD Sharma and Ar SL Kaushal chaired
the Technical Sessions. Presentation made
by Ar Sangeet Sharma gave a detailed
account of his experiments with Sustainability.
Ar JK Gupta spoke on Energy Efficient Urban
Settlements. Presentation by Ar Archana
Chaudhary was very futuristic regarding
NANO building materials. Er Balour Singh,
Director PEDA explained salient features of
Solar Passive Building Designs.
At the onset of the conference, Ar SS
Sekhon, Principal of Indo Global College of
Architecture welcomed the guests and the
delegates and also briefed about the need of
Energy Efficient Buildings. Sh R Panickar
Director General, Indo Global Colleges also
addressed the conference and highlighted the
importance of the subject which is the need
of the hour. He said that such initiatives
would highlight the critical importance of
utilizing water, energy and materials most
optimally thus saving the environment for a
better future.
SEMINAR ON "SUSTAINABLE
D E V E L O P M E N T T H R O U G H
E N E R G Y E F F I C I E N T B U I LT
ENVIRONMENT"
SEMINAR ON "GREEN BUILDING &
ENERGY CONSERVATION" HELD
ON NOVEMBER 21, 2009
The College of Architecture, IET, Bhaddal
organised a seminar on promoting sustainable
development through energy-efficient built
environment. Addressing the audience at the
seminar, guest of honour SS Bahga said,
"Architects should design such buildings that
consume lesser conventional energy and
utilise maximum non-conventional energy".
He added that "agriculture consumes only
one percent of our total energy, whereas,
residential and commercial buildings consume
52 per cent of it. So if we make our buildings
energy efficient then we can save one third of
the nation's energy".
Er Balkar Singh, Senior Manager, PEDA,
explained in detail about Energy Conservation
Building Code (ECBC), Bureau of Energy
Efficiency (BEE) and Star Rating of
buildings according to their energy efficiency.
Talking about Radiant cities Ar Jit Gupta said
that from green cities our cities have
converted into grey cities. He said that to
avoid rush of population on roads cities
should be designed to serve maximum basic
needs of people within walking distance. He
said that on the lines of China, the Indian
government should promote cyclists and
public transport.
On the launching ceremony of the Ludhiana
Centre of IIA, a seminar was organized on
"Green Buildings and Energy Conservation"
on November 21, 2009. Ludhiana Municipal
Corporation Commissioner Sh AK Sinha was
the Chief Guest. Others who were present
included Ar Jit Kumar Gupta, Ar Surinder
Bahga. The whole team of Ludhiana Centre,
Ar Sanjay Goel addresses Audience.
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SEMINAR ON 'PLANNING OF CITIES'
Ar Surinder Bahga Addressing the Audience
IIA was installed on that day.
Er Ashish Rakheja, Chief Operation Officer,
Spectural Services Consultants Private
Limited, NOIDA was the key speaker. He
said, "The concept of 'green building' is
based on the principle that economic
development and urbanisation need not go
against the nature." He further elaborated
that Green principles are reflected through the
complete building life-cycle and are aimed at
reducing impact upon the environment. The
essential element of green building was to
make the most efficient use of resources
such as energy, water and material, and to
ensure that the building maintenance activities
did not burden the environment.
The Ludhiana Centre of IIA was installed with
Ar Ravinder Khosla being elected as
Chairman. Ar Khosla said," Organisations
across the world have now realised that the
additional investments in making their
structures `green' was not only good for the
environment, but also provide long term
tangible benefits in the form of lower
operation costs and higher productivity."
"Sustainable design, which offered
operational returns on investment, was a
significant and integral concept to design
green buildings," he remarked.
Ar Rajan Sareen, Vice-Chairman, IIA,
Ludhiana Centre and Ar Vinay Jain, Joint
Hon Secretary of IIA, Ludhiana Centre also
spoke on the occasion.
About 40 members of IIA, Patiala Sub Centre
held a brain-storming session on December
26, 2009 to examine the Draft Master Plan
of Patiala. After detailed deliberations, they
formulated an exhaustive list of suggestions
and submitted the same to the Chief Town
Planner, Punjab for making necessary
amendments in plan with a view to improve it
and make it more realistic.
Alignment of 200 feet wide Outer Ring Road
on the South side.
Residential development shown on both sides
of the Ring Road is not desirable because of
the cross traffic it will create.
Creating additional links roads.
Land Use Planning keeping in view the wind
direction.
The extent of the residential area should be
extended so as to include the residential
colonies which have already been approved
by the State Government.
Highway infrastructure needs to be proposed
on major roads.
IIA, PATIALA SUB CENTRE
S C R U T I N I S E D T H E D R A F T
MASTER PLAN OF PATIALA-2031
Suggestions on Draft Master Plan
are as follows:
Interaction with Students of Architecture
Indian Institute of Architects, Chandigarh-
Punjab Chapter and College of Architecture,
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of
Technology (SVIT), VASAD (Gujarat) has
jointly organised a seminar on "Planning of
Cities" at Government Museum and Art
Gallery, Sector 10-C, Chandigarh on January
23, 2010. It was attended by 150 Architects
and students of Architecture including 75
students from Gujarat. Sanyam Bahga gave
the welcome address. Ar Surinder Bahga
gave a presentation on planning of
Chandigarh City. He explained that the
relevance of this seminar becomes all the
more important keeping in view the master
plans being prepared for various cities of
Punjab. He further suggested that a central
controlling authority be constituted wherein
technocrats like architects, town planners,
engineers, environmentalists, etc. are its
members.
Ar Archana Chaudhary compared planning of
Chandigarh City with other contemporary
capitals of the world like Canberra
(Australia), Islamabad (Pakistan), and
Brasilia (Brazil). She said that the rigid
grid-iron pattern for Chandigarh is proving
unsustainable from traffic point of view.
Ar Sangeet Sharma discussed existing
scenario of Chandigarh City. It included IT
Park, Village, expansion programmes, etc. Ar
Jit Gupta explained Building Bye-Laws,
zoning regulations and Periphery Control Act.
He emphasized that a comprehensive Master
Plan should be prepared for Tricity and the
periphery areas.
Ar Jaswinder Singh presented vote of thanks
while Ar Aman Sohal conducted the
proceedings of the seminar. The experts
emphasised on the problems of slums in the
city of Chandigarh and appealed to the
administration to seek solutions for the same.
The program was aimed at promoting
interaction between architects, and students
of architecture of Chandigarh, Punjab and
Gujarat.
The Jalandhar Centre of IIA conducted
seminar cum press conference with a aim of
making the citizens of Jalandhar aware about
intricacies of proposed Master Plan of
Jalandhar on January 3, 2010.The Seminar
was widely attended by various sections of
society, business organizations/ associations,
citizens, etc. Expert panel of Town Planners
and architects had a chance to interact with
citizens of Jalandhar and react to their
issues. Media also widely welcomed the
suggestions/ alterations / changes
suggested by expert panel. Some of the
suggestions are as follows:
Insufficient Area for Industrial Zone: The
new draft Master Plan does not provide
sufficient Industrial Zones for Industries in and
around Jalandhar. As such more space may
be reserved for industry in the master plan so
that there is no haphazard growth for the
industry.
D R A F T M A S T E R P L A N O F
JALANDHAR REVIEWED
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Industrial zone in the Area of Dhogri &
Sarmastpur: In the draft copy of the old
master plan which has been in circulation for
the last three years, the areas of Dhogri,
Sarmastpur, etc. have been shown as
Industrial zones. Based on this several
industrialists have bought land there and have
put their projects on the drawing board for
setting up Industry in that area. However, in
the new plan these areas of Dhogri and
Sarmastpur have been shown as
agriculture/residential area. This has
created severe problems for the industry and
will retard industrial growth for next 10 years
as all the future plans of the industry would
have to be shelved. So it was requested
that the areas of Dhogri and Sarmastpur
village may be declared as industrial zone.
Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter of IIA intends to
curate a travelling exhibition on "Modern
Architecture" including projects of its
esteemed members. It is proposed that about
40 numbers of projects shall be displayed on
panels having size of 2'-0"x3'-0". All the
IIA Members are requested to send their
selected projects with a maximum of six
pictures having a resolution of 300 dpi along
with a brief design concept of about 250
words and drawings in jpg format. The
exhibition shall be shown in various cities of
India and Abroad.
The last date for sending the submission is
extended to February 15, 2010. Members
can send the entries either by email
(iia.chdpb@gmail.com) or by post to the
Joint Honorary Secretary, IIA Chandigarh-
Punjab Chapter.
Indian Institute of Architects, Rajasthan
Chapter is organising Young Architects'
Festival 2010 from February 5 to 7, 2010 in
Jaipur. The theme of the festival is, "Design
for Safety-Peoples' Participation".
TRAVELLING EXHIBITION ON
"MODERNARCHITECTURE"
YOUNGARCHITECTS' FESTIVAL
Some American planners with IIA Office Bearers
As a result of several IIA representations and
meetings, Chandigarh Administration
accepted the request and advertised seven
vacant posts of lecturers on revised pay scale
in Chandigarh College of Architecture
(CCA). Nearly 25 candidates appeared for
interview and seven lecturers got selected.
They joined CCA.
On the request of our Chapter, Union Cabinet
Minister, Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal has
written D.O. letter to HRD Minister Mr. Kapil
Sibal. He wrote “I am enclosing herewith a
representation from Chandigarh-Punjab
Chapter of The Indian Institute of Architects
regarding acute shortage of faculty in
Chandigarh’s professional colleges. The
Ministry of Human Resource Development
and UPSC have not finalized the service
rules for the recruitment of staff in
professional colleges. At present, the post of
Principal, 3 professors, one Assistant
Professor, lecturers and research assistants
are lying vacant in the Chandigarh College of
Architecture. The institute has requested that
these vacancies may be filled up on priority
to save Chandigarh College of Architecture.
Kindly consider the request favourably”.
IIA Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter has
partially succeeded in solving 15 years old
problem.
INTERACTION WITH AMERICAN
PLANNERS
On October 28, 2009 Chandigarh-Punjab
Chapter of IIA organised an interaction
programme at Press Club, Chandigarh with a
group of about 20 American Planners from
USA. The tour was organized by the
International Committee of the Northern
Section of the California Chapter of the
American Planning Association. All Executive
Committee Members of the IIA Chapter
exchanged notes on town planning and
architecture of USA and India.
Steve Ross, Planner III of County of Santa
Clara Planning Office wrote about the tour to
Chandigarh," We were invited to have dinner
at the Chandigarh Press Club. From 7:30 -
10:30.Perhaps 20 Indian planners and
architects of all levels of experience showed
up to share dinner with us, answer questions
we had about the city and Le Corbusier's
plan, and find out a bit about how planning
works in California.
I was most impressed by our hosts'
sophistication and civility. Each one of them
made a point to circle from table to table
during the course of the evening, making
sure to talk to every one of us. Instead of
sitting at a table with each other and not
interacting with us, they scattered and
integrated themselves into our tables, and
engaged us in conversation. Each person
was extremely knowledgeable in their field,
but was also able to carry on a conversation
on a multitude of other topics. They showed
an interest in us, in helping us, and in
learning from us. The experience reminded
me that we are dealing with a culture that is
5,000 years old."
JIIAON CHANDIGARH / PUNJAB
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter has worked very
hard to publish an exclusive issue on works
of architects of Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter.
Articles / projects were invited from all
members and were submitted to the Editor,
JIIA, Mumbai. Journal's January Issue will
include all this material.
Ar. Preeti Gupta Bhatia, Chandigarh
Ar. Hemant Bhandari, Jalandhar
Ar. Amit Khurana, Jalandhar
Ar. Inderdeep Singh, Jalandhar
Ar. Poonam Bagga, Jalandhar
Ar. Navdeep Shukla, Kapurthala
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