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Prof. Bhanu M. Marwaha
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General Information
Name | : | Prof. Bhanu M. Marwaha |
Designation | : | Professor |
Department | : | Architecture |
Qualification | : | B.Arch,. M.Plann - Housing, Ph.D - Architecture & Planning |
Date of Birth | : | 14/06/1968 |
Date of joining | : | 31/10/2000 |
Contact Details
Phone | : | 254914 |
Email ID | : | bhanu@nith.ac.in |
Specialization
Position Held
Position | Department Name | Institute Name | Time Period |
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Educational Qualification
Name of the Degree | Year of Passing | Institute/University |
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Bachelor of Architecture | 1992 | Maharaja Sayajirao University, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, Vadodara, Gujarat |
Master's of Planning - Housing | 1994 | School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi |
Ph.D - Architecture and Planning | 2010 | Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University, Hyderabad |
Honors & Recognitions Achieved
Sr.No. | Title | Activity | Given By | Year |
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Research Experience
Research Interests : | |
Brief Research Statement : |
Journal Publications
Year | Author(s) | Title & Vol. No. | Journal Name | Indexing (SCI) Web of Science/Scopus |
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2003 | Bhanu M. Marwaha & Rajeev Garg | Selection of Building Materials, an Eco friendly Approach, February 2003 | Construction Journal of India | --------- |
2009 | D. Vijay Kishore & Bhanu M. Marwaha | Role of ICT in the Development of New Functions, Activities and Changing Urban form in Urban areas, Vol-XXVII | Urban India | ISSN: 0970-9045 |
2015 | Puneet Sharma, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Dharmendra | Integration of new transport modes in urban form of hill towns for sustainable development, Vol-80 | Journal of The Indian Institute of Architects | ISSN-0019-4913 |
2016 | Bhanu M. Marwaha, Puneet Sharma, & Dharmendra | Investigating The Role of Multimodal Transport in Smart City Planning – Case of Shimla, Issue 11 | Spandrel | ISSN: 2231-4601 |
2015 | Vandna Sharma, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Hemant K. Vinayak | Enhancing compressive strength of soil using natural fibres, Vol-93 | Construction and Building Materials | Scopus |
2015 | Vandna Sharma, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Hemant K. Vinayak | Enhancing sustainability of rural adobe houses of hills by addition of vernacular fiber reinforcement, Vol-4 | International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment | Scopus |
2015 | Aniket Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | Development of simulation weather data for Hour wise Daily Diffused and Direct Solar Radiation from Hourly Global Radiation using statistical estimation method for Subtropical region, Vol-5 | International Journal of Renewable Energy Research | Scopus |
2015 | Aniket Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | A methodology for energy performance classification of residential building stock of Hamirpur, Vol-13 | HBRC | Crossref |
2016 | S.S.Chandel, Aniket Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | Review of energy efficiency initiatives and regulations for residential buildings in India, Vol-54 | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | SCI |
2016 | Vandna Sharma, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Hemant K. Vinayak | Enhancing durability of adobe by natural reinforcement for propagating sustainable mud housing, Vol-5 | International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment | Scopus |
2016 | S.S.Chandel, Vandna Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | Review of energy efficient features in vernacular architecture for improving indoor thermal comfort conditions, Vol-65 | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | SCI |
2016 | Aniket Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | Alternative Building Materials Analysis for Different Residential Buildings Considering Embodied Energy and Material Cost, Vol-31 | International Journal of Ecology & Development | Web of Science |
2019 | Venu Shree, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Pamita Awasthi | Indoor Air Quality Investigation at Primary Classrooms in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India, Issue-24 | Hydro Nepal | ISSN 1998-5452 eISSN 2392-4101 |
2019 | Venu Shree, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Pamita Awasthi | Assessment of Indoor Air Quality in Buildings using CFD: A Brief Review, Vol-4 | International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences | Scopus |
2019 | Venu Shree, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Pamita Awasthi | Indoor air quality (IAQ) Investigation in primary schools at Hamirpur, (India), Vol-96 | Journal of Indian Chemical Society | ISSN 00194522 |
Conference Publications
Year | Author(s) | Title | Conference name with place | Indexing (SCI/Web of science/Scopus) |
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2003 | Bhanu M. Marwaha | Planning for Residential Areas in Hill Towns | 52nd National Town and Country Planning Congress held at Shimla | ------ |
2007 | Dr. D. Vijay Kishore & Bhanu M. Marwaha | Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Planning and Development of Peri Urban Areas | 56th National Town and Country Planning Congress held at Kolkatta | ------------- |
2009 | Bhanu M. Marwaha | Video Mediated Communication for Smart Homes | Civil Engineering National Conference- Innovation without Limits held at National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (HP) | ISBN: 978-93-80043-34-0 |
2010 | Bhanu M. Marwaha | The New Urbanism – Aerotropolis | International Conference – Urbanism and Green Architecture, held at National Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh | ------------- |
2011 | Bhanu M. Marwaha | Chandigarh-The Emerging Information Age Metropolitan Area of North India | International Conference – Contemporary Architecture: Beyond Corbusierism, held at Tagore theatre, Sector 18 Chandigarh | ISBN: 978-9350-59002-7 |
2014 | Vandna Sharma, Bhanu M. Marwaha, Hemant Vinayak | Bio-climatic features of adobe Vernacular Houses of Hamirpur | International Conference: Sustainable Constructivism: Traditional vis-à-vis Modern Architecture, New Delhi | ISBN:978-93-83083-76-3 |
2014 | Puneet Sharma, Bhanu M Marwaha & Sandeep Sharma | Integrity of Mobility pattern and cityscape for Sustainable urban form- Case of Shimla | International Conference: Innovative Trends in Multidisciplinary Academic Research, Istanbul Turkey | ISBN: 978-969-9948-02-2 |
2014 | Bhanu M. Marwaha | Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Physical Planning of Hyderabad-India | International Conference – Neo International Conference On Habitable Environments (NICHE - 2014), Lovely Professional University, Punjab | ISBN:978-1-63415-470-3 |
2014 | Vandna Sharma, Bhanu M. Marwaha, Hemant Vinayak, Aniket Sharma | Understanding Vernacular architecture: a case study of Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh | International Conference- Neo International Conference On Habitable Environments (NICHE - 2014), Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India | ISBN:978-1-63415-470-3 |
2015 | Aniket Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | Embodied Energy and Construction Cost Evaluation and Comparison of Common Alternative Building Materials for Residential Buildings in Hamirpur | International conference on Sustainable Energy and Built Environment organized by School of Mechanical and Building Sciences VIT University, Vellore | ISBN: 978-81-923320-6-2 |
2016 | Venu Shree, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Pamita Awasthi | Indoor Air Quality in School Buildings: Cause and Effects | International Conference – Neo International Conference On Habitable Environments (NICHE - 2016), Lovely Professional University, Punjab | ISBN: 978-1-947293-58-8 |
2018 | Arvind Kumar Dahiya & Bhanu M. Marwaha | Sustainable Strategies for Redevelopment of Tridev Nagar Slum Puri, Odisha, India | International Conference – on Multidisciplinary Research, Practices & Studies (ICMRPS-2018) , SSRG | ---------- |
2018 | Puneet Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | Redefining Architecture of Historic Core of Shimla City | National Seminar PACE: 2018 IPS Academy Indore | -------------- |
Research Projects
Role | Project Type | Title | Funding Agency | From | To | Amount | Status | Co-Investigator | Sanction Order | Sanction Date |
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Research Supervision
Programme Name | Scholar Name | Research Topic | Status | Year | Co-Suprivisor(s) |
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M.Tech | Aniket Sharma | Study of Energy Efficient Building Regulations for Residential Buildings in Composite Climate – Case Study Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh. | successfully completed | 2017 | Prof. Shyam Singh Chandel |
M.Tech | Vandna Sharma | Improving Durability of Adobe Walls for Enhancing Vernacular Architecture | successfully completed | 2017 | Dr. Hemant Kumar Vinayak |
M.Tech | Puneet Sharma | Redefining the Urban Form of Hill Towns for Sustainable Development | successfully completed | 2018 | Dr. Dharmendra |
M.Tech | Venu Shree | Study of Ventilation and Indoor Paints in Primary School Classrooms of Composite Climate for Monitoring its Indoor Air Quality – Case Study Hamirpur (H.P.). | successfully completed | 2020 | Dr. Pamita Awasthi |
M.Tech | Sakshi Tanwar | Conservation of Shaktidevi Temple Complex Chhatrari Chamba (HP) | successfully completed | 2016 | |
M.Tech | Zinia Kar | Environmental Behaviour Studies in Residential Architecture: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of Two West Bengak Housing Board LIG Apartments | successfully completed | 2017 | Dr. Amitava Sarkar |
M.Tech | Arvind Kumar Dahiya | Redevelopment of Tridev Nagar Slum, Puri | successfully completed | 2018 | |
M.Tech | Madhav Verma | Climate Responsive Architecture in Composite Climate of Agra | successfully completed | 2019 | |
M.Tech | Abhilash Mohan | A Design Proposal for International Research Institute of Ayurveda at Kalliyad, Kanur, Kerala | successfully completed | 2020 |
Patents
Title | Reg./Ref.No. | Date of Award/Filling | Awarding Agencies | Status |
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Teaching Experience
Position Held | Department and Organization | From | To | Total Experience |
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Lecturer | D.C. Patel School of Architecture, Institute of Environmental Design, Vallabh Vidhyanagar, Gujarat | 01/07/1994 | 30/10/2000 | 6 years, 3 months |
Assistant Professor | Architecture Department, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh | 31/10/2000 | 31/12/2005 | 5 years, 2 months |
Associate Professor | Architecture Department, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh | 01/01/2006 | 26/11/2010 | 4 years, 1 month |
Professor | Architecture Department, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh | 27/11/2010 | continuing from past 8 years |
Administrative Experience
Position Held | Department and Organization | From | To |
---|---|---|---|
Head | Department of Architecture NIT Hamirpur | 06/05/2002 | 28/01/2004 |
Head | Department of Architecture NIT Hamirpur | 11/02/2011 | 15/10/2014 |
Head | Department of Architecture NIT Hamirpur | 18/11/2016 | 17/11/2019 |
Chairman | Campus Development and Renovation Committee NIT Hamirpur | 11/05/2004 | 21/12/2006 |
Nodal Officer | Unnat Bharat Abhiyan NIT Hamirpur | 07/05/2018 | 01/05/2019 |
Chairperson | Advisory Campus Development Committee NIT Hamirpur | 10/09/2020 | |
Professor Incharge | Civil Works & Maintenance NIT Hamirpur | 22/09/2020 |
Book/Chapters Written
Type | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | ISBN/ISSN No. | Year |
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Expert Talks
Title | Place | Year | Description of Event |
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Consultancy
Title of Consultancy | Client Organization | Faculty Involved | Amount(INR) | Status |
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International and National Exposure
Sr.No. | Title | Description |
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Conferences/Courses Organized
Category | Type | Title | Venue | From | To | Designation |
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Profile Summary



Name | : | Prof. Bhanu M. Marwaha |
Designation | : | Professor |
Department | : | Architecture |
Qualification | : | B.Arch,. M.Plann - Housing, Ph.D - Architecture & Planning |
Phone | : | 254914 |
Email ID | : | bhanu@nith.ac.in |
Profile URL | : | https://portfolios.nith.ac.in/index.php?/nith/dr-bhanu-m-marwaha- |
Date of Birth | : | 14/06/1968 |
Date of Joining | : | 31/10/2000 |
Specialization
Housing, ICT & Built Environment, Drawing & Graphics
Education Qualification
Name of the Degree | Year of Passing | Institute/University |
---|---|---|
Bachelor of Architecture | 1992 | Maharaja Sayajirao University, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, Vadodara, Gujarat |
Master's of Planning - Housing | 1994 | School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi |
Ph.D - Architecture and Planning | 2010 | Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University, Hyderabad |
Teaching Experience
Programme Name | Department And Organization | From | To | Total Experience |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lecturer | D.C. Patel School of Architecture, Institute of Environmental Design, Vallabh Vidhyanagar, Gujarat | 01/07/1994 | 30/10/2000 | 6 years, 3 months |
Assistant Professor | Architecture Department, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh | 31/10/2000 | 31/12/2005 | 5 years, 2 months |
Associate Professor | Architecture Department, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh | 01/01/2006 | 26/11/2010 | 4 years, 1 month |
Professor | Architecture Department, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh | 27/11/2010 | continuing from past 8 years |
Administrative Experience
Position Held | Department And Organization | From | To |
---|---|---|---|
Head | Department of Architecture NIT Hamirpur | 06/05/2002 | 28/01/2004 |
Head | Department of Architecture NIT Hamirpur | 11/02/2011 | 15/10/2014 |
Head | Department of Architecture NIT Hamirpur | 18/11/2016 | 17/11/2019 |
Chairman | Campus Development and Renovation Committee NIT Hamirpur | 11/05/2004 | 21/12/2006 |
Nodal Officer | Unnat Bharat Abhiyan NIT Hamirpur | 07/05/2018 | 01/05/2019 |
Chairperson | Advisory Campus Development Committee NIT Hamirpur | 10/09/2020 | |
Professor Incharge | Civil Works & Maintenance NIT Hamirpur | 22/09/2020 |
Research Experience
Research Interests : | |
Brief Research Statement : |
Research Projects
Role | Project Type | Title | Funding Agency | From | To | Amount | Status | Co-Investigator | Sanction Order | Sanction Date |
---|
Journal Publications
Year | Author(s) | Journal Name | Title & Vol. No. | Indexing (SCI/Web of science/Scopus) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Bhanu M. Marwaha & Rajeev Garg | Construction Journal of India | Selection of Building Materials, an Eco friendly Approach, February 2003 | --------- |
2009 | D. Vijay Kishore & Bhanu M. Marwaha | Urban India | Role of ICT in the Development of New Functions, Activities and Changing Urban form in Urban areas, Vol-XXVII | ISSN: 0970-9045 |
2015 | Puneet Sharma, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Dharmendra | Journal of The Indian Institute of Architects | Integration of new transport modes in urban form of hill towns for sustainable development, Vol-80 | ISSN-0019-4913 |
2016 | Bhanu M. Marwaha, Puneet Sharma, & Dharmendra | Spandrel | Investigating The Role of Multimodal Transport in Smart City Planning – Case of Shimla, Issue 11 | ISSN: 2231-4601 |
2015 | Vandna Sharma, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Hemant K. Vinayak | Construction and Building Materials | Enhancing compressive strength of soil using natural fibres, Vol-93 | Scopus |
2015 | Vandna Sharma, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Hemant K. Vinayak | International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment | Enhancing sustainability of rural adobe houses of hills by addition of vernacular fiber reinforcement, Vol-4 | Scopus |
2015 | Aniket Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | International Journal of Renewable Energy Research | Development of simulation weather data for Hour wise Daily Diffused and Direct Solar Radiation from Hourly Global Radiation using statistical estimation method for Subtropical region, Vol-5 | Scopus |
2015 | Aniket Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | HBRC | A methodology for energy performance classification of residential building stock of Hamirpur, Vol-13 | Crossref |
2016 | S.S.Chandel, Aniket Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | Review of energy efficiency initiatives and regulations for residential buildings in India, Vol-54 | SCI |
2016 | Vandna Sharma, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Hemant K. Vinayak | International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment | Enhancing durability of adobe by natural reinforcement for propagating sustainable mud housing, Vol-5 | Scopus |
2016 | S.S.Chandel, Vandna Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | Review of energy efficient features in vernacular architecture for improving indoor thermal comfort conditions, Vol-65 | SCI |
2016 | Aniket Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | International Journal of Ecology & Development | Alternative Building Materials Analysis for Different Residential Buildings Considering Embodied Energy and Material Cost, Vol-31 | Web of Science |
2019 | Venu Shree, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Pamita Awasthi | Hydro Nepal | Indoor Air Quality Investigation at Primary Classrooms in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India, Issue-24 | ISSN 1998-5452 eISSN 2392-4101 |
2019 | Venu Shree, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Pamita Awasthi | International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences | Assessment of Indoor Air Quality in Buildings using CFD: A Brief Review, Vol-4 | Scopus |
2019 | Venu Shree, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Pamita Awasthi | Journal of Indian Chemical Society | Indoor air quality (IAQ) Investigation in primary schools at Hamirpur, (India), Vol-96 | ISSN 00194522 |
Conference Publications
Year | Author(s) | Conference | Title | Indexing |
---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Bhanu M. Marwaha | 52nd National Town and Country Planning Congress held at Shimla | Planning for Residential Areas in Hill Towns | ------ |
2007 | Dr. D. Vijay Kishore & Bhanu M. Marwaha | 56th National Town and Country Planning Congress held at Kolkatta | Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Planning and Development of Peri Urban Areas | ------------- |
2009 | Bhanu M. Marwaha | Civil Engineering National Conference- Innovation without Limits held at National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (HP) | Video Mediated Communication for Smart Homes | ISBN: 978-93-80043-34-0 |
2010 | Bhanu M. Marwaha | International Conference – Urbanism and Green Architecture, held at National Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh | The New Urbanism – Aerotropolis | ------------- |
2011 | Bhanu M. Marwaha | International Conference – Contemporary Architecture: Beyond Corbusierism, held at Tagore theatre, Sector 18 Chandigarh | Chandigarh-The Emerging Information Age Metropolitan Area of North India | ISBN: 978-9350-59002-7 |
2014 | Vandna Sharma, Bhanu M. Marwaha, Hemant Vinayak | International Conference: Sustainable Constructivism: Traditional vis-à-vis Modern Architecture, New Delhi | Bio-climatic features of adobe Vernacular Houses of Hamirpur | ISBN:978-93-83083-76-3 |
2014 | Puneet Sharma, Bhanu M Marwaha & Sandeep Sharma | International Conference: Innovative Trends in Multidisciplinary Academic Research, Istanbul Turkey | Integrity of Mobility pattern and cityscape for Sustainable urban form- Case of Shimla | ISBN: 978-969-9948-02-2 |
2014 | Bhanu M. Marwaha | International Conference – Neo International Conference On Habitable Environments (NICHE - 2014), Lovely Professional University, Punjab | Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Physical Planning of Hyderabad-India | ISBN:978-1-63415-470-3 |
2014 | Vandna Sharma, Bhanu M. Marwaha, Hemant Vinayak, Aniket Sharma | International Conference- Neo International Conference On Habitable Environments (NICHE - 2014), Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India | Understanding Vernacular architecture: a case study of Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh | ISBN:978-1-63415-470-3 |
2015 | Aniket Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | International conference on Sustainable Energy and Built Environment organized by School of Mechanical and Building Sciences VIT University, Vellore | Embodied Energy and Construction Cost Evaluation and Comparison of Common Alternative Building Materials for Residential Buildings in Hamirpur | ISBN: 978-81-923320-6-2 |
2016 | Venu Shree, Bhanu M. Marwaha & Pamita Awasthi | International Conference – Neo International Conference On Habitable Environments (NICHE - 2016), Lovely Professional University, Punjab | Indoor Air Quality in School Buildings: Cause and Effects | ISBN: 978-1-947293-58-8 |
2018 | Arvind Kumar Dahiya & Bhanu M. Marwaha | International Conference – on Multidisciplinary Research, Practices & Studies (ICMRPS-2018) , SSRG | Sustainable Strategies for Redevelopment of Tridev Nagar Slum Puri, Odisha, India | ---------- |
2018 | Puneet Sharma & Bhanu M. Marwaha | National Seminar PACE: 2018 IPS Academy Indore | Redefining Architecture of Historic Core of Shimla City | -------------- |
Book/Chapters Written
Type (Book/Chapter) | Author(s) | Title | Publisher | ISBN/ISSN No. | Year |
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Research Supersion
Programme Name | Scholar Name | Research Topic | Status | Year | Co-Superivisor(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M.Tech | Aniket Sharma | Study of Energy Efficient Building Regulations for Residential Buildings in Composite Climate – Case Study Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh. | successfully completed | 2017 | Prof. Shyam Singh Chandel |
M.Tech | Vandna Sharma | Improving Durability of Adobe Walls for Enhancing Vernacular Architecture | successfully completed | 2017 | Dr. Hemant Kumar Vinayak |
M.Tech | Puneet Sharma | Redefining the Urban Form of Hill Towns for Sustainable Development | successfully completed | 2018 | Dr. Dharmendra |
M.Tech | Venu Shree | Study of Ventilation and Indoor Paints in Primary School Classrooms of Composite Climate for Monitoring its Indoor Air Quality – Case Study Hamirpur (H.P.). | successfully completed | 2020 | Dr. Pamita Awasthi |
M.Tech | Sakshi Tanwar | Conservation of Shaktidevi Temple Complex Chhatrari Chamba (HP) | successfully completed | 2016 | |
M.Tech | Zinia Kar | Environmental Behaviour Studies in Residential Architecture: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of Two West Bengak Housing Board LIG Apartments | successfully completed | 2017 | Dr. Amitava Sarkar |
M.Tech | Arvind Kumar Dahiya | Redevelopment of Tridev Nagar Slum, Puri | successfully completed | 2018 | |
M.Tech | Madhav Verma | Climate Responsive Architecture in Composite Climate of Agra | successfully completed | 2019 | |
M.Tech | Abhilash Mohan | A Design Proposal for International Research Institute of Ayurveda at Kalliyad, Kanur, Kerala | successfully completed | 2020 |
Patents
Name | Reg./Ref.No. | Date of Award/Filling | Awarding Agencies | Status |
---|
Conferences/Workshop/Courses Organized
Category | Type | Title | Venue | From | To | Designation |
---|
Expert Talks
Title | Place | Year | Description of Event |
---|
Consultancy
Title of Consultancy | Client Organization | Faculty Involved | Amount(INR) | Status |
---|
International and National Exposure
Sr.No. | Title | Description |
---|
Honors & Recognitions Achieved
Sr.No. | Title | Activity | Given By | Year |
---|