Institute of Architecture and Planning

To meet out the current demand of qualified Architects and Interior Designers for the population of the country to create the better and sustainable built environment, SRMU, under the visionary guidance of Honorable Chancellor Sri Pankaj Agarwal (Gold medallist from IIT, Kanpur) started “Institute of Architecture and Planning (IAP)” in the year 2017 and became one of the most dynamic and important part of university. IAP offers Bachelor in Interior Design (B.I.D.) program. IAP endeavours to strengthen the professional development of the faculty members as they directly deal with students. Our aim is to assist and support these educators to increase the effectiveness of their teaching, so that they can better guide students on their journey of inquiry and discovery.

Professional Development Programmes, Orientation Programmes, Dialogues Series, Industry Guest Lectures, Workshops and Conferences are organized for the comprehensive development of our faculty to sharpen their knowledge, and to establish link with their academic and industry peers. The institute aims at producing future Interior Designers who are able to handle real life situations in a better and effective way. This is achieved by creating a value proposition based on practical knowledge and skills imparted by professional architects in addition to providing access to latest technology. Indian culture and international exposure, both will be given to make them understand the rich structural base of our country and the current global expertise, a blend of both will make them professionals of international competence.

Mission

To equip students with technical skills and intellectual capacity to meet the demands of changing technological Trends in the field of Architecture.
To give knowledge of the state-of-the-art and keep pace with the rapidly changing technologies to resolve present and upcoming challenges faced by the domain industry.
To offer broad and balanced academic programs, with high quality teaching and promote research activities.
To take the responsibility and create a feasible challenging environment for our young minds to prosper and envision professional opportunities and challenges of their own.
To induce the ethical values and professionalism among the learners.

Vision

To produce highly competent architects of global standards to cater various architectural challenges and fulfil the national and global needs.

Department Head

Prof. (Dr.) Abhishek Saxena

Offg. Director, IAP & Dean FoCE, SRMU, Lucknow–Deva Road

Experience &Achievements:
•   Total Experience: 23+ years (Industry: 10 years Academics: 13+ years)
•   8 Patent and 60 research papers/book chapters published in renowned Journal
•   Supervisor of 5 PhD. Scholars 7 awarded
•   Functional Area Expert for EIA studies (Category "A" projects- HG & Geo) since2011 (till date), empaneled by National Accreditation Board for Education andTraining (NABET), Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change, Govt. ofIndia.
•   Empaneled Groundwater Expert for Central Ground Water Authority, Ministry ofJal Shakti, Government of India.
•   Consultancy Projects: 9                 Total Cost: Rs. 2.0+ Cr
Funding Agencies: World Bank; WaterAid, National Institute of Hydrology (NIH, Roorkee), UNESCO, Ministry of Jal Shakti, GoI, UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited, TERI, U.P. Ground Water Department, UPCST, etc.
•   EIA Projects [Functional Area Expert – HG & Geo (Hydrogeology & Geology) for category “A” projects]:(Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India)
Total EIA Projects = 19 (5 Category “A” + 14 Category “B”)

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Prof. (Dr.) Abhishek Saxena

Prof. (Dr.) Abhishek Saxena, an environmentalist and academician, is currently working as Dean, Faculty of Civil Engineering with additional charge of Director in Institute of Architecture and Planning at Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Barabanki.

He is empanelled Functional Area Expert for EIA studies (Category "A" projects- HG) since 2011 (till date), empanelled by National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India. He is a renowned member of the National Level Expert Committee (NLEC) for “Auto Detection of Construction through Satellite Imageries”, Ghaziabad Development Authority since 2013. He is also Empanelled Groundwater Expert for CGWA (Central Ground Water Authority), Government of India (2021).

He had also received the “ITP Young Scientist Award 2006, by IWMI-TATA Water Policy Program for major findings in his Ph.D. research work. He has been the recipient of the Guru Pranam Award 2016, awarded by Amar Ujala, for the contributions in the field of education and research towards an incremental growth of our society in Uttar Pradesh. He is currently working as Principal Investigator in Project entitled “Affordable filter for arsenic removal from drinking water using bio-adsorption techniques” (Project ID:1785) granted by Council of Science and Technology, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh (Funding by UPCST- Rs. 9.64 lacs).

His career was initiated with World Bank projects, succeeded by his prominent role in SMEC an Australian MNC, where he worked on various ADB, JICA, World Bank and GOI funded projects. He had played a major role in Water Resource Management of Uttar Pradesh through preparing Decision Support System (DSS) for entire Ghaghara Gomati Basin covering about 35 districts of UP. This project was funded by World Bank under UPWRSP Phase -I. UNICEF also witnesses his skills as he worked as the State Water Safety Consultant for Uttar Pradesh. With more than 22 years of experience in the field of water quality, EIA, groundwater, and water resource management, he has specialization in Water Quality and Groundwater Modelling. He has successfully completed various consultancy assignments for Ground Water Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh and Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India costing over Rs. 2.0 Cr. He holds the fellowship of “The Society of Earth Scientists” and “Indian Society of Remote Sensing”.

He has about more than 60 publications in his credit including research papers in prominent journals, conferences, books and book chapters. He is actively involved in projects dealing with drinking water quality issues of arsenic, nitrate, fluoride, salinity, etc. in surface and groundwater of Uttar Pradesh along with Groundwater Management Plans. He has also been granted 8 International Patents on his research findings. Under his guidance 7 PhDs have been awarded and 5 are in progress.

Programs and Fees

At SRMU we have always believed that a student SHOULD BE TRAINED FOR INDUSTRY, BY THE INDUSTRY. Keeping the culture of rich academia-industry interface, university is now offering specialized programs in different academic domains.

Courses	Duration	Eligibility Criteria	Course Fees (PA)
D.Arch.	3 Years	Click to View D.Arch. Candidate must have passed 10th or equivalent system from any recognized Central/State Board with minimum aggregate marks of 35% along with Science, Maths & English as compulsory subjects.	Rs. 72,000/-

Courses	Duration	Eligibility Criteria	Course Fees (PA)
B.I.D. (Bachelor in Interior Design)	4 Years	Click to View B.I.D. (Bachelor in Interior Design) Candidate must have passed 10+2 or equivalent system from any recognized Central/State Board in any stream with minimum aggregate marks of 40% or CGPA of 4.5 for Gen/OBC/SC/ST Category.	Rs. 82,000/-

Faculty List

The University takes pride in recruiting distinguished faculty from reputed central universities and best institutes like- IIT, IIM, MNNIT and IIT-BHU. They bring to the classroom, passion and enthusiasm for teaching, providing an intimate, interactive, personalized approach to learning.

Ar. Amod Chaman Katiha

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HoD

Mr. Ashutosh Mishra

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Artist

Ar. Nilesh Kumar Yadav

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Assistant Professor

Ar. Pragya

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Assistant Professor

Ar. Pooja Sonker

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Assistant Professor-Temporary

Placed Students

With 2000+ Job Offers given by 250+ Top corporates, an average package of 4.5 LPA and 100%* placement record in different professional programs, SRMU provides the best return on investment. More than 30% students have multiple job offers.

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Conference & Seminars

Name of Student	Program	Company
Syed Talib	B.I.D. (Bachelor in Interior Design)	Passionate
Aastha Rastogi	B.I.D. (Bachelor in Interior Design)	Archipixels
Arwaz Khan	B.I.D. (Bachelor in Interior Design)	Southern Home Décor
Ahvab Khan	B.I.D. (Bachelor in Interior Design)	Catalyst Interior

Key Highlights of Our Department

Well developed academia-industry interface

The department holds a spectrum of experts from various core fields and is an impulsive combination of young talents with experienced trailblazers having both industry and academic exposure.

Emphasis on students overall development

Students participate in extracurricular activities such as athletics, music festivals, and cultural events both on campus and at the local and national levels.

Expert sessions led by industry veterans to improve learning

Best industry experts and academicians are called up for guest lectures to provide an understanding of the most recent technology upgrades, career opportunities, industry demands and trends, etc.

Modern amenities for better learning experience

The department features a good selection of books in the library, seminar halls, resource hubs, and other centers of excellence in addition to contemporary classrooms.

Events of Department

SRMU is committed to leveraging its facilities and the system to world-class standards, with a goal to provide the best academic professional resources, to prepare its students for global opportunities. This makes SRMU a repository of academic and extra-curricular excellence.