picagramdec2001

PiCA's Success
at NASA 2001

Citation
in Nari Gandhi Trophy

Special Mention
in G. Sen Trophy

Runner up
in Le Corbusier trophy

Short listed
in ANDC

Five prizes
in On-the-Spots

PiCA achieved several success in the 44th Annual NASA (National Association of Students of Architecture) at the D. Y. Patil College of Architecture, New Bombay in December 2001.

PiCA's NASA team picked up Honours in trophies and the on the spots. PiCA won the Citation in the Nari Gandhi Trophy for their Critical Reading of the Salvacao Church at Dadar by Charles Correa. PiCA received a Special Mention in the G.Sen Trophy for their Design reworking of the Pancharatna Building at Opera House, Bombay. PiCA's ANDC entry of designing the Museum of Man at Lothal was short listed for the final prize. The college was the runner-up for the Le Corbusier trophy. Pica also picked up prizes in 5 on-the-spots competitions.

The success of PiCA at NASA is the result of determination teamwork and enthusiasm in equal measure- Congratulations to all the participating teams in the successful trophies, Nari Gandhi and G. Sen, as also HUDCO, Reubens and ANDC. Congratulations also to PiCA's Unit Secretary Vipin Nambiar for all the successes.

A fitting present to the college in its tenth year.

A special Guest Book with a link below has been created for you to express your feelings on PiCA's performance at NASA 2001

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PiCA
PLACEMENTS 2001
Participants
S. N. Desai
(eng-arc Architects)

Dilip Deshpande

Vikas Dilawari

Rahul Gore
(opolis Architects)

Govindarajan

Anil Kajale

Raghuvansh Mathur

Milind Pawar

Sanjay Porwal

Chetan Raikar
(Structwell)

Sheshnath C. Salvankar

Hiten Sethi
(Hiten Sethi & Associates)

Dilip Shah

Pinkish Shah
(Shilpa + Pinkish Shah)

Rajeev Tayshete

MES's Pillais' College of Architecture, New Panvel organized its Second Graduating Trainees Placement Seminar at the college premises on Saturday, 15th December 2001.

Twelve prominent architectural firms from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Dombivili were represented in the Seminar, whose objectives were to conduct interviews, and offer placement to graduating trainees of Pillais' College of Architecture in their respective firms. Several firms, now part of PiCA's Placement Network placed students in their firms by invitation.

The full day programme included an exhibition of Final Year Architectural Theses (Design Dissertation) of the candidates. Architects, their representatives and guest professionals went through the exhibition and expressed satisfaction about the work done, and offered encouragement to the prospective architects. Personal Interviews were then conducted, and several candidates were offered placements. Many were invited to various architectural firms for second interviews. Feedback received from the participating firms has been uniformly generous and appreciative.

PiCA's Placement Programme is a first in any architecture college in Mumbai or Navi Mumbai. The planning of the programme and its eventual success are an ongoing part of achieving the objectives of the Pillais' College of Architecture: to impart quality architectural education, and also to guide its graduates into the profession.

The parent organization Mahatma Education Society extended its full cooperation and resources to help make this programme a success. PiCA Placements 2001 was supported by X-PiCAn, the Alumni organization of the Pillais' College of Architecture.

PiCA Placements 2001 is part of picadeca: the tenth year celebrations of Pillais' College of Architecture. top