SPAV REVIEW

The course curriculum is to understand the planning body and plan for future. Economics and statistics to teach the local trends in India as well as international. Other than studios are the major part of the curriculum. Studio subject like graphics studio, mapping studio, building environment studio, transportation studio and etc,, teaches how to plan accordingly with respect to every aspects. Per semester there are 2 exams. Mid semester exam and end semester exam. Mid semester exam timings depends on the faculty and subject while end semester exam timings is 2 hours for 50 marks.

There are many private firms which offer internship for students especially from SPAV with salary. Few students have got internship in Town planning head offices as assistant town planner. It is compulsory for students to get internship in their 2 year and after that it's their choice to continue.

The fees that I pay yearly for the degree B.Plan is 1,16,600 which includes tution fees(48,000), hostel fees(30000) and mess fees(38.800). The tution fees for B.plan in SPAV is 95,000 per year for general category and for sc/st/PWD it's 48000 per year. The fees is same for all 4 years. The hostel fees is 30,000 per year for all. Institute and hostel deposit fees is 20000 which is to be paid in the first year. The mess fees is 38800 per year. Regarding scholarships in SPAV, Central sector scholarship is there for SC students with family income below 4.5L. Nation fellowship and scholarship for ST students with family income below 6L Other than that NSP scholarships.

The annual culturals conducted by the institution is innyan which is conducted in March every year. Other than that culturals happen for every cultural festivals like Onam, Ganesh chaturthi, Pongal, Durga Puja, etc... There is a wide range of books and journals in the Library related to planning, architecture and design. Thesis of students who have passed out from SPAV is also available. There are more than 1000s of thesis available for reference. There are 12 clubs in SPAV. The major clubs are for dance, music, sports, fashion , literature, tradition, astro, nature, building from nothing, tech, drama and spectrum, etcc

A fan, 2 lights, cot, table, almirah and chair are provided in every rooms depending on number number of students staying in a room. The menu is based on different cultures. 2 days in a week are non veg. The quality is good. Hostel and mess fees comes automatically with tution fees.

I applied for school of Planning And Architecture, Delhi, school of Planning And Architecture Vijaywada and school of Planning And Architecture, Bhopal. I didn't get Delhi because of my cutoff in josaa counselling. But at the same time school of Planning And Architecture, Vijaywada is nearer to my home. Fees has to be paid online. Jee main paper 2B exam has to be taken to get into planning. The percentage varies each year with respect to category

Total number of faculty for both planning and architecture department is around 60. The faculty student ratio is 1:25 approximately. The faculties are friendly and approachable. They can be approached any time in working hours and we can seek help through their personal phone number and emails if emergency. The faculties of department of Planning are best. They give real life examples and case study to make the topic more understandable to students. For each semester, 2 exams are there. Mid semester exam and end semester exam. And the exams are based on what are taught during the lectures. Exams are easy. Almost 100% students clear the exams. The course curriculum applies real life situation and examples. The field trip every semester is to teach students how anything works.

There are many food stalls around SPAV. there is parks nearby, few malls, stores like Domino's, burger King, mc Donald's and other famous restaurants with 5km. There are gyms and libraries within 5km. The in time for campus during weekdays is 9.30pm and during weekends it's 10pm. The out time for campus is from 5am everyday. The hostel timings during weekdays and weekends is 5am to 11pm. There is cafeteria inside campus where people hangout. And there's are 6 oat for hanging out. The locality is safe during day and night. The area is institutional area which has 5 colleges and universities in a street so it is safe.