SPA Utopia 2008 is a hit thanks to Snowcem Paints

With the coming of the year 2008, the School of Planning and Architecture New Delhi completes 50 years of its foundation. In this Golden Jubilee Year the students along with leading proponents of various creative field such as fashion, architecture, music, drama, and photography put together “Utopia”. In the 3 day college affair where students participated in various technical events and showcased the potent creative mind. The program included formal quizzes, workshop in photography, membrane structures and pottery. As Snowcem Paints has been in the forefront to support talents in the budding architectural student’s fraternity, it had sponsored the event at Utopia 2008. The three-day cultural extravaganza signed off with the finals of the rock competition and a headline performance by Catch 22.

About the School:

The School of Planning and Architecture had a modest beginning in 1941 as a Department of Architecture of Delhi Polytechnic. It was later affiliated to the University of Delhi and integrated with the School of Town and Country Planning which was established in 1955 by the Government of India to provide facilities for rural, urban and regional planning. On integration, the School was renamed as School of Planning and Architecture in 1959.

Recognizing the specialized nature of the fields in which the School had attained eminence, in 1979, the Government of India, through the then Ministry of Education and Culture, conferred on the School of Planning and Architecture the status of "Deemed to be a University". With this new status, the School has broadened its horizon by introducing new academic and extension programmes and promoting research and consultancy activities.

The School is a specialized University, only one of its kind, which exclusively provides training at various levels, in different aspects of human habitat and environment. The School has taken lead in introducing academic programmes in specialized fields both at Bachelor's and Master's level, some of which are even today not available elsewhere in India. The School, in striving for excellence, has always been in the lead in extending education and research to new frontiers of knowledge. Human habitat and environment being the basic concern of the School, the spectrum of academic programmes is being continuously extended by providing programmes in new fields and emerging areas for which facilities are not available, as yet, anywhere else in the country.