B.Planning is a 4 year bachelor course program which involves basic knowledge and training about professionals planning. Through the course, in each semester from 2-7 students are taught different aspects of course. In B.Planning presentation is at core of the course as the main subject of course is all about studio work, in which you will be doing surveys, analysis etc. Theory subjects are also taught to give background knowledge of how cities evolve, history of town, history of human settlements, roads, networks etc.
Contacts do matter in this field and can be developed while pursuing the course.

B.Plan Eligibility Criteria:
1. The student must have completed his 10+2 from q recognised school/board.
2. The student must have acquired q minimum of 50% at the higher secondary level.
3. Mathematics should be the main subject at 10+2

B.Plan Admission Process:

The admission process for Bachelors in Planning differ according to different colleges. Some colleges conduct the admission through an entrance test followed by a personal interview. Some universities also conduct their personal entrance test for the admission at the same time some conduct direct admissions based on the marks scored by student in 10+2.

B.Plan Entrance Exams:

1. JEE Mains
2. UPSEE (Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Exam)
3. NATA (National Aptitude Test In Architecture)
4. UPESEAT (University of Petroleum & Energy Studies Engineering Aptitude Test)

B.Plan Top Colleges:

1. School of planning and architecture (New Delhi)
2. School of planning and architecture (Vijaywada)
3. School of planning ans architecture (Bhopal)
4. Lovely Professional University (Phagwara)
5. Amity University (Gurgaon)
6. Manipal University – School of planning and design (Jaipur)
7. Maulana Azad Institute of Technology (Bhopal)
8. Integral University (Lucknow)
9. Ansal University (Gurgaon)
10. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (Dehradun)

• The average fee in India ranges somewhere in between 1-2 lakh for private colleges and for government college it ranges around 80,000-90.000. However, the course fee also depends on the type of college and marks in entrance exams.

Career Options and Job Prospects:

After pursuing Bachelors of Planning students can go either for government, private or self employment. The various career options are:
1. Urban planner:- Someone who develops plans and programs for the use of land, to create communities, accommodate growth, or revitalise physical facilities in towns and cities.
2. Regional planner:- Regional planners develop land using plans and programs that assist in creating communities, have room for population growth, and revitalise physical facilities.
3. Project planner:- Project planners or project managers, work with business directors to oversee and direct a project’s progression, ensuring that projects are completed within determined time frame, constraints of budget and sufficient staffing.
4. Design Architect:- Architects create designs for new construction projects, alterations and redevelopments that are functional, safe, sustainable and aesthetically pleasing.
5. Interior designer:- Interior designers understand a client’s individual taste and requirements in order to dress an space with colour, lighting and furnishings.

• For government jobs, the student can go for government housing schemes, transportation projects, PWD employment projects etc.
• The major responsibility which a planning professional has to manage is designing, surveying, model making, project management etc.
• Top recruiting companies are:

Town & Country planning department known as TCP department under state government. NITI Aayog etc.

• The average salary for a B.Plan graduate is INR 5 to 6 LPA.

A report by Avantika Gurjar for IHOIK education desk