SMVDU Katra: 2-day External Architectural design Jury for the Semester Design Portfolios of Various batches in School of Architecture & Landscape Design, SMVDU conducted successfully. The Works of Semester–V students were evaluated by the 2-member external jury panel comprising of Ar. Sanjay Tickoo, Senior Architect; Govt. of J&K and Ar. Anil Tickoo-Asst. Professor at School of Architecture; MAM College, Jammu. The students of Semester-V prepared the design proposal of group housing scheme at a proposed site near Chandigarh. Semester III students’ works were evaluated by 2-member external jury panel comprising of Ar. Brajendra Nandan Panda- Senior Designer at Times of India Group and NID-Ahmedabad alumnus along with Ar. Vishal Abrol, Practicing Architect; Jammu. The students have prepared 02 design portfolios for design of Play center cum café along Jammu-Srinagar NH near Nandini and Proposed scheme for a high-end mansion for a leading industrialist at Jammu.

The Semester-I design work was evaluated by Ar. Hariender Arora-Senior Architect; Govt. of J&K and Ar. Vivek Sagar-Architect, Jammu. The external examiners also gave their valuable feedback to the students pertaining to their work and corresponding market challenges. The special talk and presentation were also given to the students by Ar. Brajendra Nandan Panda and Ar. Anil Tickoo. Overall the students work was appreciated by the jury and coordinating faculty of the department comprising of Ar. Dinesh Nanda, Ar. Abhimanyu Sharma, Ar. Vinod Kumar, Ar. Romesh Sharma, Ar. Navin Gupta, Ar. Anoop Sharma, Ar. Abhiney Gupta, Dr. Rashmi Kumari and Ar. AasthaThappa. Dr. Sanjeev Jain Vice Chancellor of the University and Prof. V. Verma Dean Faculty of Engineering congratulated the faculty and students of School of Architecture for successful Design Jury.