What is the future of an architect in India?

Future of architects is very bright in India. Presently, about 30000 of them are registered actively practicing architects. In India, a vast majority of people is denied the services of an architect. Particularly the rural populace. Ideally every Municipal Corporation should have employed architects for checking the various building plans which are submitted to them for approval. Similarly PSUs, Companies also need in-house architects. Housing finance/ Banks etc. Should also maintain architects as field officers before disbursing housing loans. Presently India has around 450 schools of Architecture having 80 as average intake. A vast majority of these architects will not join active profession. Secondly there is serious shortage of teachers of architecture. We do not have regularly appointed minimum number of teachers. The various mega projects of Affordable housing/ Smart cities will be needing lot of indigenous Architects.

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As rightly pointed out by Lamya Kaushik Future of Architects in India is great. An architect will have a lot opportunities such as the following: Entrepreneurs Architects (Junior/ Senior) Furniture design Photography Construction& Community based volunteering Infrastructure development Graphic design Set Design Jewelry design Advance research in Architecture Faculty @ School of Architecture History, Restoration and Preservation Interior design Product design Landscape Design Project/ Construction Management.

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