Director's Message

Prof. Dr. P.S.N. Rao

The School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi ( SPA - D ) is an apex premier educational institution imparting education at the undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral levels in architecture, planning and allied fields. It is an " Institution of National Importance" under an Act of Parliament, Ministry of HRD, Government of India. The School has 12 Departments of studies and has been in existence for over 75 years now. In addition to teaching, the School also undertakes research and consultancy assignments and has MoUs with several national and international organisations.


Students who graduate from this institution acquire a deep, wide and varied understanding of issues related to architecture and planning and are equipped with state of the art skills to serve the real world industry as well as government organisations. SPA alumni are today placed well not only in India but also in various countries and are performing extremely well.


I wish to assure the prospective employers that students from SPA-D will be able to perform and excel in the tasks assigned to them.