School of architecture, hosur

ucture as per COA norms. The department has a state of art independent library within the department, exclusively for architecture students. It covers books on the latest subjects and includes national, international journals and e-journals. MOU signed with Auto Desk - Chennai(KKM SOFT) to train Architecture softwares for all the students. Department is one of the NATA (National Aptitude Test for Architecture) Centre approved by Council of Architecture, New Delhi. Every year a minimum of 4-5 students qualified through GATE and pursuing Post Graduation in premier institutions like IIT’s, CEPT, SPA Delhi and foreign Universities. In the recent (2013) survey conducted by Times group our department has been awarded 2ndposition among the best architecture colleges in Tamil Nadu. National level Architecture Symposiums, Guest lectures, Case study, field visits and workshops are regularly conducted for students. Recently we hosted ITYUTA – 13, on August 13th and 14th- 2013 attended by more than 250 students. Active member in NASA (National Architecture Students Association).To acquire practical exposure and skills, students are constantly & actively participating in zonal & national level student's convention &seminars and have won several prizes both at Zonal & national level. 100% placement of all the batches. AASA (Adhiyamaan Architecture Students Association) student body conducts weekly activities for students like on-the spot events, design, paper presentation, extra-curricular activities every Saturday afternoons. Every year we document a rural village (in and around Hosur) and the issues related to environment, sanitation and construction are identified and solutions are suggested to the rural people. We also document heritage buildings, urban issues like transportation, slums, market study areas, etc., The Department has trained more than six hundred architects in the last sixteen batches and all our graduated students are well placed in India as well as abroad. The students are ensured an esteemed place in the society.