Course Name: Introduction to Urban Planning

Course abstract

The course is meant primarily for Under graduate students to familiarize with the urban planning issues, objectives, framework, process, techniques and components. The subject also exposes the students about various planning legislation and norms. This subject is comprehensive subject which makes students learn about urban agendas and tools in very succinct manner and this subject is particularly useful for the students to prepare for the GATE Exam.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Harshit Sosan Lakra

Dr Harshit Sosan Lakra is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture and Planning. She is trained as an Architect and has done Environmental Planning from Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She has done her Second Master in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University, New York,USA and Her PhD from IIT Roorkee. She has been engaged in teaching the course Environmental Impact Assessment since 2015 at IIT Roorkee and Before at BIT Mesra. She has conducted environmental focused studios for the planning students in Industrial area Roorkee, Piran Kaliyar Sharif (Heritage Site) Haridraw, Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand and North Lakhimpur in Assam.
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 Course Duration : Jul-Sep 2021
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 20-May-2021 to 02-Aug-2021
 Exam registration : 17-Jun-2021 to 20-Aug-2021
 Exam Date : 26-Sep-2021

Enrolled

1978

Registered

379

Certificate Eligible

315

Certified Category Count

Gold

13

Silver

90

Elite

144

Successfully completed

68

Participation

22

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Introduction to Urban Planning - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

ANKUSH 95%

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,ROORKEE

IMAN BANERJEE 92%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

EKTA MISHRA 92%

CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

SUBHASH KUMAR SAH 91%

REVA UNIVERSITY

MEHNAZ IMTIAZ 91%

AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA

ARYA SAMANTA 91%

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (IISER), PUNE

SHEFALI KALA 91%

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Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

VINEET SHRIVASTAVA 90%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PATNA

SUNNY AGARWAL 90%

AMITY UNIVERSITY, NOIDA

DURGESH AJGAONKAR 90%

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (IISER), PUNE

DEEPA S 90%

College of Architecture,Trivandrum

NAVIN GANESH V 90%

PSG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED RESEARCH

VIJAYA V HEGDE 90%

GOPALAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

ASHWINI HEBSUR 88%

AALIM MUHAMMED SALEGH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

SHANTHINI M 88%

SRM UNIVERSITY - RAMAPURAM

PRITHIVIRAJ M 88%

YOGESHWAR GUPTA 88%

RAHUL KISHORBHAI GHONIYA 88%

Government Polytechnic for Girls, Surat.

RAMESH BABU N 88%

Periyar Maniammai Institute of science and technology

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1978

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 380

Assignment Statistics



Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.

Excellent! I want to thank mam for her consistent support and dedication. Expecting more courses from mam in upcoming days!


This was my first course in NPTEL. It was really informative. The course helped me in my profession as well as improved my knowledge in Urban Planning. Thank you.


It was very useful course and I learnt so many interesting things from this. I am really thankful to NPTEL and Mam for this.