The Department of Architecture and Regional Planning of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur is sending a team of students and faculty members to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this summer as part of a joint practicum.
Department of Architecture professor Haimanti Banerji said that the team from IIT and MIT had worked on a test field which aimed to create awareness among students about “current issues on urban and regional planning”.
About 12 undergraduate and postgraduate students, with two faculty members and the 15-member team (plus two faculty members) of MIT will participate in a practicum, in which the theory portion of a programme is put into practice.
“This is a unique platform to combine the strength of IIT-KGP and MIT and give students exposure to a cross-cultural and cross-dimensional scenario for understanding the urban dynamism and challenges faced by planners from a regional perspective,” says Department of Architecture and Regional Planning head Subrata Chattopadhyay.
