FROM THE DESK

Architecture of today has become very complex and incorporates allied fields and science like it never did before. Complex and ever changing typologies, technical development and material advancement and its synthesis with architecture is the real challenge of today's architectural world. Architecture can also not forget its fundamental base of being essentially art and it's finer nuances of sense, sensibilities and aesthetics. The understanding of this two diverse though processes and their incorporation into architectural education is the real challenge of today. We at LTJSS have taken up this challenge and are trying to impart architectural education which not only respects these but tries to go few steps beyond it.

Our educational thrust is based on a very high level of commitment and involvement where we expect all our students to breathe architecture every moment. That is the only ladder to success if one needs to become an architect who will make a mark on the architectural scene. Our educational module is based on this and we at PIADS & LTIADS feel that once this happens, PIADian's and LTIADian's will not only make a mark on the national architectural scene but be successful internationally. We are on our way to making architectural education at LTJSS, one that can be looked up to and will compete with the highest and sought after institutes of national repute. We are committed to making PIADS and LTIADS centers of excellence in architectural education.

India is in such a time of where there is a great window of opportunity for the new generation to not merely showcase their talent and skills, but more important, to utilize them for further strengthening the foundations of the nation, as well as build on these to develop a strong and exciting place for them to reside, work, and help as many others who need.

The Lokmanya Tilak institute of Architecture and Design Studies, LTIADS, was set up by the Lokmanya Jankalyan Shikshan Sanstha to facilitate the structured education of the students interested in the profession, as per the Vision and Mission of the LTJSS, and started its first year in 2011. The LTIADS is the second Architectural Institution of the LTJSS, after Priyadarshini Institute of Architecture and Design Studies, PIADS, Nagpur. While PIADS is already well established, LTIADS is now well on its way. Considering the needs of the Nation, it is clear that many more Architects would be necessary to bring the general standards of the profession such that they add considerable, substantive, and qualitative value to the field for the overall benefit of society.

We at LTIADS, are obviously committed to imparting whatever is the basic content, but will not rest content at that.

Our Faculty is varied and bring a collective experience of many decades of not only comprehensive education, but innovative techniques, which will help initiate the most contemporary teaching systems so as to enable the students to keep in touch with the rest of the World, and in fact, go ahead.

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