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Origin |
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The Institute of Town Planners, India owes its origin to a small group of dedicated town planners, who, in 1947, decided to set up a professional Town Planning Institute on the lines of the Royal Town Planning Institute, London. As the planners, numbered only six then, a registered society could not be set up. Therefore, this small group formed itself into an Indian Board of Town Planners which after three years of continuous work formed the Institute of Town Planners, India with members numbering only fifteen having its own Memorandum, Articles of Association and Bye-laws. |
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The Institute which was established in July 1951, with Late Shri M.Fayazuddin as the first President, was formally inaugurated by Shri N.V. Gadgil, the then Union Minister of Works and Housing. Today, the institute has a membership of over 2,800, apart from a sizable number of student members, many of whom have qualified Assocaiteship Examination (AITP) conducted by ITPI.
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Founder Members |
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The names of the fifteen founder members of the Institute of Town Planners, India are as follows:
- C.S. Chandrasekhara
- L.M. Chitale
- G.B. Deolaikar
- M. Fayazuddin
- Walter George
- S.K. Joglekar
- B.R. Kagal
- Dharam Singh Kler
- O.H. Koenigsberger
- T.J. Manickam
- Vishwanath Prasad
- K.L. Seth
- John Terry
- Jari Singh Virdee
- S.R. Yardi
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Honourary Members of the Institute |
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The following distinguished personalities are Honorary Fellows of the Institute.
- Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (1954)
- Sardar Swaran Singh (1953)
- Sir M. Visvesvaraya (1953)
- Bhagwan Sahay (1986)
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