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NOSPlan

Organization of Students of Planning

Registered under Societies Registration Act of XXI, 1860 in August 2008

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What is NOSPlan?

NOSPlan is an organization to develop thecommunity of planning students to become

better planning professionals of tomorrow. It is a stage for interaction between the

planning students and the entire planningfraternity at large.

It provides a platform for student planners toraise their voices and project their ideas aboutcurrent planning practices.

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OVERVIEW

NOSPlan was first started in 1970s by IIT Kharagpurand SPA Delhi but in a few years the idea died out.

In 1993, School of Planning and Architecture, NewDelhi revived the long dormant NOSPLAN meetwhere planners from all over India gathered toshare their thoughts and experiences.

There onwards annual conventions were held

during the years 1998 till 2011 and 2013.

In 2008 the organization become the registeredbody of students of planning from all over thecountry.

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MEMBER COLLEGES

S.No COLLEGE STATUS

1. CEPT, Ahmedabad DORMANT

2. GNDU, Amritsar ACTIVE

3. JNAFAU, Hyderabad ACTIVE4. MANIT, Bhopal ACTIVE

5. SPA, Bhopal ACTIVE

6. SPA, Delhi ACTIVE

7. SPA, Vijayawada ACTIVE

8. VNIT, Nagpur ACTIVE

9. BENGAL ENGG. AND SCIENCE UNIV, Shibupur DORMANT

10. ARVIND BHAI PTEL INST. OF ENV. DESIGN ACTIVE

11. IIT ROORKEE DORMANT

12. IIT KHARAGPUR DORMANT

13. SAP CHANNAI DORMANT

14. COEP, Pune ACTIVE15. IDS, Mysore ACTIVE

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CONVENTION - 14

16th Annual Convention of NOSPLAN willpresent the focal point in space and time

where people, cultures, ideas, experiencesand perspectives come together to push usforward in the direction of positive change.

We present you the conjunction of more than500 brightest minds of the country in the fieldof planning, connected by one theme Planning for a Better Future.

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EVENTS

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Two planning exercises are a part of the four day convention inwhich a live project or planning problem is given to the

participating delegates by an organisation or institute. Thedelegates prepare the proposals or strategies for the givenproblem which would be presented to the jury panel. The bestproposal is selected by the jury panel after thorough scrutinyand discussions

DEBATE

Two teams are created from the pool of delegates one for andone against any current issue, idea, concept or approach inplanning. The individual participants are allowed to presenttheir arguments one by one in front of a jury panel and

audience. After a discussion in the house the jury announces itsfinal verdict and the best speaker in the debate.

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EVENTS

PAPER PRESENTATION

Any planning related research topic is to be nominated as paperpresentation topic by a planning organisation, which would be

announced to the participating institutes at least a months priorto the convention. The participants research the topic to write apaper on it and present the paper in front of the jury and theaudience. The best paper will be published in the forthcomingNOSPLAN Magazine.

CONFERENCE ON PLANNING EDUCATION

A conference on Planning education has to be held where seniorplanning professors, planning professionals, bureaucrats, andrepresentatives from the student body would come together andtake stock of the present of planning education in India and form

basic conclusions on ways to make it better.

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EVENTS

SPECIAL LECTURES & WORKSHOPS

Two special lectures and workshops are to be held on anyplanning related topics by eminent professors and practitioners

in the field.

EXHIBITION

An exhibition will be organised on all the four days of theconvention in the south side lawns of Planning block, S.P.A, NewDelhi. This shall consist of collection of booths by individual

exhibitors who can interact, explain, demonstrate their productsand services to the exhibition attendees. The attendees wouldbe guided by the exhibition manual provided by NOSPLAN whichinclude the profile and listing of all companies in the exhibition.

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VENUE

OPTIONS

1. Siri Fort Auditorium

2. Kamani Auditorium

3. B.P. Pal Auditorium, IARI, Pusa Road

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