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ITPI ACTIVITIES 2010-2011
AS PER ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION |
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Article 3 of Memorandum of Articles of Association and Bylaws of Institute of Town Planners,
India highlights the basic objectives of the ITPI. To achieve these objectives, major steps were taken during 2010 - 2011, are given below: |
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- To advance the study of town planning, civic design and kindred subjects.
- The ITPI assisted the All India Council of Technical Education in preparing the Model Curriculum for Bachelor and Postgraduate Programs in Town and Country Planning.
- In the Associateship Examination of the ITPI held during the month of October 2010, a total of 43 students appeared, 29 in Stage-I, 9 in Stage-II, and 5 in State-III and during the month of May, 2011, 82 students appeared in the Examinations for various stages.
- The number of students registered for the Associateship Examinations for 2011-2012 is 150.
- Prof. V.N. Prasad Best Thesis Award (Gold Medal) for the year 2010-2011 was given away to Ms. Sukanya Mishra from IIT, Kharagpur for the thesis on Integrated Planning and Development of Old Mills and Derelict Industrial Area - Ahmedabad with cash prize of Rs.5,000/- and commendation certificates and cash prize of Rs.3,000 each were awarded to Ms. Anika Kapoor from SPA, New Delhi for her thesis on An Approach to Local Area Plan - A Case Study of Shahjahanabad ; and to Mr. Deep Narendra Patel from CEPT, Ahmedabad for his thesis on Impact of Planning Regulation and Mechanism on Land Supply and Shelter Post Affordability: A Case of Western Ahmedabad .
- To promote general interest of those engaged in the practice of Town and Country Planning.
- The Professional Standing Committee took up matters related to furthering the interest of the Professional Town Planners working in public and semi-public departments, practicing planners, educationists and researcher besides the matter related to the appointment of qualified town planners in government and semi-government departments in various parts of the country with the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India and different state governments.
- The matter of revising Recruitment Rules for inclusion of Bachelor of Technology in Planning or Bachelor of Planning was taken up with State Governments and various State Service Commissions.
- To hold conferences or meetings for discussions, and exchange of views on matters affecting or relating to town and country planning:
- The 59th National Town and Country Planners Congress was organized during 10th-12th February, 2011 at Inderdhanush Auditorium, Sector - 5, Panchkula, Haryana on the theme - "Land as Resource for Urban Development". The Congress was sponsored by Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India; and co-sponsored by Government of Haryana; and was organized in collaboration with Department of Town and Country Planning, Haryana, Department of Urban Local Bodies, Haryana, Haryana Urban Development Authority, Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, Haryana Housing Board and Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
- Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Hon ble Chief Minister of Haryana, inaugurated the Congress on 10th February, 2011. On this occasion a colorful souvenir containing messages from dignitaries was also released by him.
- The Exhibition on the theme Land as Resource for Urban Development - Success Stories was inaugurated by Mr. D.P.S. Nagal, Chief Administrator, HUDA.
- The sub-themes of the congress were (i) Sustainable Development of Urban Land; (ii) Urban Land for Housing the Urban Poor; (iii) Public-Private Partnership in Urban Development; and (iv) Legal Framework.
- Plenary Session on the theme "Land as Resource for Urban Development" was chaired by Dr. A.N. Sachithanandan, President, ITPI in which presentations were made by Shri E.F.N. Riberio, Dr. S.K. Kulshrestha and Shri J.B. Kshirsagar. Shri Tapas Bhattacharya and Shri Naresh Mehtani were the rapporteurs for this session.
- Technical Session - I, on Sustainable Development of Urban Land was chaired by Shri E.F.N. Riberio, Past President, ITPI. In this session presentations were made by the key speakers namely Dr. S.P. Bansal; Prof. Pratap Rawal, Shri A.K. Jain, Ms. Anuradha and Shri J.K. Gupta. Shri Sunil Mehra and Shri K.K. Yadav were the rapporteurs.
- Technical Session - II, on Urban Land for Housing the Urban Poor was chaired by Shri J.S. Ghuman, Past President, ITPI. The Key Speakers in this session were Shri B.N. Singh, Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyaya, Dr. K.K. Pandey, Shri Pradeep Kapoor, Dr. K.R. Thooyavan, Shri M.D. Lele and Shri Hansal Shukla. Shri P.K. Behera and Shri Rajesh Kaushik were the rapporteurs.
- Technical Session - III, on Public-Private Partnership in Urban Development was chaired by Shri A.R. Patharkar, Past President, ITPI. The key presentations were made by Shri Sanjay Verma, Dr. S.P. Sekar, Shri Rajiv Malhotra, Shri V.K. Goyal and Ms. Chitra. Dr. Sandeep Raut and Shri R.S. Batth were the rapporteurs.
- Technical Session - IV on Legal Framework was chaired by Shri V. Sathyanarayana, Past President, ITPI. In this session presentations were made by Prof. B.K. Sengupta, Dr. R.K. Jain and Shri M.L. Chotani. Shri R. Srinivas and Shri Narendra Kumar were the rapporteurs.
- The Valedictory address was delivered by Shri Rao Dan Singh, Chief Parliament Secretary and Shri B. Mahendra, Vice-President, ITPI presented the recommendations adopted by the Congress.
- It is worth noting that 88 technical papers (including 38 listed and 50 unlisted) were received from all over the country and were published and circulated not only to the participants of the Congress but to all the members of the ITPI. The proceedings and major recommendations were also circulated to all the members and various actors involved in urban planning and development.
- North Zone Conference on Sustainable Development of Hill Areas was organized on 11th December, 2010 at IIT, Roorkee by Uttarakhand Regional Chapter which was inaugurated by Shri Madan Kaushik, Hon ble Minister for Urban Development, Government of Uttarakhand. Prof. S.C. Saxena, Director, IIT Roorkee, Dr. A.N. Sachithanandan, Dr. Najammuuddin and Shri D.S. Meshram addressed the Conference.
- To purchase lease, rent, hold and dispose of any land to be used as a place for meeting for the members of the Institute:
- The first phase of building for North East Regional Chapter at Guwahati was completed and made functional.
- Extension and renovation work MRC (Nagpur); MRC (Mumbai) and RRC at Jaipur have been completed. This will facilitate members to have more accommodations in respective Guest Houses.
- To compile, collect, print and publish statistics professional record periodicals, etc; relating to any of the objectives of the Institute:
- During the year 2010-2011, four volumes of the ITPI Journal and four issues of Planners Newsletters were published.
- Two special volumes of the Technical Papers (comprising of 38 listed papers and 50 unlisted papers) on the occasion of the 59th National Town and Country Planners Congress along with a colorful Souvenir were published.
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