Department of Architecture, Giani Zail Singh Campus College of Engineering and Technology, Bathinda, organised an expert lecture on affordable housing in Punjab. Prof Jit Kumar Gupta, former Chief Town Planner, Punjab, delivered the lecture for pre-final and final year students of B Architecture course.

Prof Ranjit Kaur introduced the expert speaker and highlighted the role of planners in the society. Professor Gupta’s talk inspired the students to treat the built environment within the framework of ecological setting and to design buildings which are sensitive to the users.

He stressed upon the need to design by getting inspiration from historical towns and cities of which have a lot to offer in terms of planning and urban design. He emphasized the role of architects and planners in creating affordable housing which is the cornerstone of country’s development.

Pro Gupta is also the co-chairman of IGBC Chandigarh Chapter and has been instrumental in granting IGBC student chapter to Department of Architecture. More than 60 students and faculty members attended the expert lecture which was followed by an interactive session.

The budding architects interacted with Prof. Gupta, who is an internationally widely travelled expert in the field of housing and town planning. Prof. Gupta is the senior most member of the Board of Studies, Academic Council, and Building Works committee of Maharaja Ranjit Singh State Technical University, Bathinda.

In the afternoon a workshop on art and graphics by Gurpreet Singh, artist, photographer was organized. Gurpreet, a Kala academy award winner and artist of national repute delivered the expert talk and conducted a demonstrative workshop.

More than 100 students of architecture department attended the interactive workshop on art techniques of water colour and pencil sketching. The session was preceded by a lecture on art and aesthetics and importance of creativity in architecture.