General Information
Increasing urbanization will result in the need for urban planning more acute and its nature more complex in the future. NOSPlan intends to serve as an agency for catalyzing all changes that are needed to better prepare students of planning for these challenges they will face as future professionals.
The following shall be the objectives of the constitution:
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Driving improvements in the state of planning education in India.
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To promote planning as a discipline and a field of higher education in 10+2 students.
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To provide a platform for networking for all students of planning.
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Creating better prospects for planning students after their academic term.
The following shall be the desirable initiatives in respect of the four objectives that NOSPlan would like to and should undertake:
1. Driving improvements in the state of planning education in India.
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Curriculum revision
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Admission Process Reforms
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Innovations in Teaching methodology
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Infrastructure issues
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Industry Tie-ups
2. Promote planning as a discipline and a field of higher education in 10+2 students.
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An outreach program to Senior Secondary Schools
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Media Propagation (Online/Print Media)
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Tie-ups with Education Counselors
3. To provide a platform for networking for all students of planning.
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Annual Convention of NOSPlan
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Zonal Conventions/Seminars/Events
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NOSPlan Website and Online forums
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Exhibitions and interactions with Industry.
4. Creating better prospects for planning students after their academic term.
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Tie-ups with foreign institutions offering PG and higher degree courses in planning and allied fields.
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Forum for providing knowledge on job opportunities in the industry.