Bimonthly | Issue 01 / 9th Jan 2020 Contact: [email protected] DIRECTIONS STUDENT ADVISORY PROGRAMME NEWSLETTER Career in focus : Architecture

AT FIRST GLANCE

What is the Student Advisory through various interactive activities The SAP themes: Programme? & projects. Knowledge about your-self Student Advisory promotes Knowledge about growth & academic success by inculcating in Mission statement: opportunities students the habit of becoming self- Provide a successful program to Knowledge about the world of regulated learners. This process address students’ academic work focuses on self-awareness & on and career goals in addition to understanding work trends, to help supporting their personal and social Our participating grades: the students take an informed needs by encouraging personal Grades 6th to 12th decision about career & education. inquiry and growth, social The advisory builds over the years responsibility, and academic Our participating schools: to support students in their career & excellence as they take purposeful The Kalyani School, Pune college planning by action towards creating a better The Gurukul Foundation School, addressing their interests & future. Kashipur strengths and provides guidance The Shriram Millennium School, with choosing study options SAP student profile: Noida after school, with scholarships & A thriving student is a balanced financial assistance. person who is approaching his/ her Schools joining SAP from 2020: full academic potential, has positive The Shriram Universal School, The programme is built on advisory & constructive relationships with Rohtak goals, themes, skills & key concepts; friends, family & mentors. A person The Shriram Universal School, all inter-connected & critically who recognizes the importance of Jammu important to the overall well-being community, service & has the ability The Shriram Universal School, of our students. All to be addressed to make informed choices. Panchkula

Student Testimonials " SAP provides me with a safe e nvironment to express my self." -Student, TKS Pune. " It has impacted my learning & p r o g r e s s . " -Student, TKS Pune. " I am inspired by the program to s et better goals & focus more on m y s t u d i e s ." -Student, TKS Pune. *SAP students at TSMS-N Labour Market Information According to the Skills Report 2019, the most preferred skills by employers are: 1. Communication Skills 2. Adaptability 3. Learning Agility

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CAREER IN FOCUS: ARCHITECTURE

Architects plan & design Licencing body: Council of Knowledge of building law & structures & spaces. They help Architecture codes restore & conserve old structures, Design skills & knowledge and develop new ways of using Top institutions in India: Environmental sensitivity existing ones. They are not just 1) IIT Kharagpur great designers, but social 2) IIT Roorkee Transferable skills: change-makers who bring the 3) NIT Calicut Analytical & reasoning skills community together. 4) SPA New Delhi Communication skills Computer literacy Qualifying degree: B.Arch Top institutions abroad: Creativity & imagination 1) Bartlett School of Architecture at Thoroughness Eligibility: 10+2 (PCM) with min UCL, United Kingdom Attention to detail 50% marks 2) Massachusetts Institute of Customer service skills Technology (MIT), United States Initiative taking & leadership Entrance Exams: NATA/JEE, etc. Organisational & management Field specific skills: skills Salary: Starting from ₹25,000.* Mathematical skills Budgetting skills

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Every building is like a person: single and unrepeatable. - Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead TÊTE-À-TÊTE WITH AN ARCHITECT

Q. What or who is an architect? Improves time management An architect is a person who can Increases environmental think, understand & design a sensitivity space. Cons: There is no easy money in Q. What does it take to become architecture an architect? It requires hard work & patience Willingness & dedication Communicative drawing/ Q. Are there any specific graphical skills subjects that students should Visualization skills focus on while in school if they NINAD KATDARE Analytical & critical skills are interested in architecture? Mathematical aptitude Yes. Students need to focus most Ninad is an architect with Abstraction on drawing & graphics, a master’s degree in Time management mathematics, physics and general urban design from the Insight & empathy knowledge University of Sheffield (UK). His passion for Q. What are some interesting Q. What are the things every traveling and deep options for architects? aspiring architect should do interest in architecture There are 44 options after before starting B.Arch? has led him to conduct architecture. A few interesting 4 things an architectural aspirant various research projects ones are: Urban design, Paper should always do are: in countries like Africa, installations/ paper modelling, Develop your graphical Nepal, Malaysia & France. Modern art, Product design, expression He has worked with Industrial design, Set design, Focus on health & fitness to UNESCO on a live project Interior design, Building materials, avoid back pain later in Zanzibar and has also Innovative & digital technology, Learn to manage time better participated in a Construction management, Digital Brush up your fundamentals of workshop organised by technology, Landscape design, physics & mathematics. Sustainable architecture, etc. Les Ateliers in Paris. Q. Is there a growing demand in

Q. How much does an architect India for this profession? He currently works as an typically earn? Yes! But more than just architects, Assistant Professor in an In architecture, money comes with there is a very high demand for architecture college in experience. A fresher typically skilled architects in India. Pune and freelances in earns around 25,000 a month. Especially with the smart city the sector of interior and projects on the rise, architects landscape design. He is Q. What are the pros and cons of have a huge scope. In any following his passion for architecture? developing country, the demand is photography through Pros: ever increasing due to the architecture & exploring Helps in understanding design infrastructural growth as well as new areas in it. fundamentals from the grass- growing need for environmental Additionally, he actively root level sustainability. pursues his musical side It opens you up to more art by playing the Tasha in forms Q. What message would you give Pune’s famous ‘Dhol Increases design sensitivity by for young aspiring architects? Pathaks’. He has a strong increasing green thinking, You are the future of architecture, penchant for everything sustainability & conservation so building the world is in your Gives deeper knowledge & hands. You get to decide what tech-savvy and is a strong understanding about history & kind of a world you want it to be. believer in evolution heritage Be more sensitive about nature & through exploration. Gives more knowledge about resources and focus more on plants and their species sustainability & resilience.