MP, AP to get new architecture schools

Two new Schools of Planning and Architecture would come up in Bhopal and Vijayawada from 2012-13.The total cost for setting up the two schools would be Rs 348.50 crore, including non-recurring expenditure of Rs 265.60 crore.The institutes would inte -grate graduate, post-graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral education in architecture and town planning and foster research in these areas.The SPAs will create a cadre of high calibre faculty members,who will be devoted to teaching,research andconsultancy in all disciplines that deal with planning and architecture.They will also be socially responsible institutions providing research feedback to the government for physical development of human settlements.