Dear Students,

Congratulations! We are happy to have you join us in the first year B. Arch. Programme. Just as you are looking forward to an exciting learning experience, we are also committing ourselves to give you the best we have to offer.. While welcoming you in the PVPCoA family, we assure you that your and your family’s dreams will be realized here.

Architecture touches our lives in many ways, some direct and some subtle. Along with food and clothing, shelter has always been a basic human need. Man has built shelters to meet his needs which go beyond the mere physical requirements to the more sentimental and emotional needs. He has built for safety and comfort, for pride and joy, for authority and for celebration; for education, commerce, defense, in fact the complexity of factors increases with every passing day. The study of Architecture would be an intense and constant quest into the workings of this phenomenon.

The modern architect is generally perceived to be involved in the creation of various forms of shelters, like bungalows, apartments, townships,. One could be planning ahead for the kind of shelters we will need in the future, or looking back in the past to learn from our achievements as well as mistakes. But that’s not all! With a firm foundation in aesthetic sensitivity, logical thinking, empathy with the world around us and scientific training which you will get in our school, you will be well-prepared for not only the challenging field of architecture but diverse disciplines also such as product design, fashion design, film and television, social work, ecology and management, to name only a few. You could be a man of action, a leader of team or you could be a visionary. That is going to be your destination for which both of us would be striving for.

From the intricacy of designing a simple door knob to the planning of a whole new town, the architects’ range is breathtaking, the variety bewildering. You stand today at the threshold of this vast field of opportunity stretching as far as the mind can imagine. It will be our endeavour to expose you to these possibilities in practical and tangible ways and to help you mould yourself as a sensitive and socially conscious member of the society. We have great hopes from you!

Welcome to our World!                                                                                                                                   

Ar. Prasanna Desai

Director, PVP CoA

Ar Shekhar Garud

Academic Co ordinator, PVPCoA