Career As Town and Country Planner
City and town planning are the subcategories of the broad career of Urban Planning. In this field, an urban planner is responsible to develop and design infrastructure like transportation, and make good use of the land available, and ensure the resources like air and water are not affected. The urban planner needs to analyze the sustainability and congestion that happens because of the construction works. Environmental and social trends play an important role in this field.
Expert’s Guide
On 21 August, 2020 Shashi Dream Foundation was honored to have a live session with Prof Dr.Balvinder Singh, as our guest speaker for a career counselling session on “ Career as Town and Country Planner”. The counselling session was live-streamed on social media platforms and many viewers joined. It was a qualitative interactive session where he shared various experiences of his journey, also happily answered all the questions in a detailed analysis.
The complete Career Counselling session on ‘Career as Town and Country Planner’ is available on SDF’s Facebook Page. Check out the full session on our Facebook page now👇
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You can also find the complete session on our YouTube channel.
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Eligibility criteria:
To pursue a bachelor’s degree in Urban planning:
- The student must pass the 10+2 examination with English and Mathematics as main subjects, with a minimum of 50% total marks.
- Clearance of cutoff in entrance exams like JEE Main or National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA)
Skills required:
Exams:
- JEE Main (Paper 2)
- JEE Advanced
- National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA)
- MHT Common Entrance Test (For Maharashtra State)
- Odisha JEE (For Odisha State)
- Engineering, Agriculture & Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) (Telangana)
Top colleges, different courses available, entrance exams, and the expenses for the courses and the location:
Government colleges:
Private colleges:
Job opportunities and salaries for different fields:
Top recruiting companies:
- AECOM India Pvt. Ltd.
- CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Limited
- Tata Consulting Engineers
- ICRA Management Consulting Private Limited
- XEAM Ventures
- JAG Designers, Pvt. Ltd.
- Voyants
Conclusion:
The Urban and Regional Planning field is commonly unknown. But there are multiple career opportunities in this field in India and even abroad. One can learn and take up projects to bring meaningful changes in society. The society, area, the city we live in, can be designed and established by an Urban planner. Government and private sectors provide immense opportunities with excellent pay. Creativity, interest, and firm decision making will play an important role for one to succeed in this field.
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