Dr Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture
Endowed with an excellent infrastructure, scholarly faculty , great legacy of MKSSS towards empowering women through education, we at BNCA are committed to empowerment of girls in the challenging field of Architecture, and its facets.
Story of BNCA
Founded
BNCA established, 1st batch admitted
BNCA moves into its first new building
First international collaboration with California Polytechnic State University (Calpoly)
Computer lab established
First batch graduated
Intake increased to 60 students/year
Collaboration with Bauhaus, Dessau for a joint masters course in Urban Regeneration _ Winner of Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier Trophy at Annual NASA Convention
Intake increased to 120
Permission for starting four Masters courses. Masters in Landscape Architecture and Masters in Environmental Architecture started
Yashvantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) study center established
BNCA hosts zonal NASA convention
BNCA receives ISO 9001 certification
Kanvinde memorial lecture series constituted
BNCA Publication Cell publishes its first book
Fab lab (Digital fabrication lab) established
International conference on Healthy cities
Masters in Digital Architecture started
Members of United Nations Academic Impact Program
Doctoral Research Centre under Savitribai Phule Pune University started
BNCA becomes member of the United Nations Academic Impact Program
Conclusion of a three year academic partnership with Royal Institute of Arts, Sweden and Swedish International Development Cooperation Authority
Voted Asia’s Best and Fastest Growing Architecture College by KPMG- presented in Singapore
Universal design center established
United Nations Academic Impact Hub established
BNCA moves to a new and larger building
Charles Correa memorial lecture series constituted
Caple Wood working lab established
BNCA universal design Center receives International Zero award at Vienna
Sustainable Development Academy established under United Nations Academic Impact Program
Annual National Conference on Built Environment constituted
Students’ installation at Pune International Airport commemorating 75 years of India’s Independence
BNCA student receives the United Nation Millennium Fellowship
Centre for Cultural Studies established
BNCA selected for CoA’s Urban Studies Research Program
Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture for women’ is a part of Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha, an organization that has been active in women’s education since 1896. In keeping with the vision of the samstha, BNCA is committed to empowering responsible women professionals of the Built environment.
In India the profession of architecture is dominated by men. BNCA wants to train the women professionals while maintaining the highest standards in architectural education, research and related activities. Our mission is to create professionals who will be intellectually proficient, socially capable, physically resilient, emotionally mature and morally competent.
- Education for emancipation
- Recognizing and respecting multiplicity of cultural expressions
- Intellectual humility
- Ethical means for ethical ends
- Design for people
- To discover and nurture the artistic skills, intellectual abilities and creative instincts of students.
- To build the competencies within the students to become professional architects whose design solutions would contribute to the welfare of the society with quality, sustainability, environmental friendliness and innovation.
- To develop research capabilities in the field of architecture, design, and planning.
- To contribute to the economic development of the country through excellence in one’s professional practice.
- To focus on research in the field of technology in architecture, planning and web based training of an international level
- To provide global exposure to BNCA students to enrich their educational experience and offer them an advantage in their professional career.
- To instill in the students highest human values and train them for ethical contdcut in their professional and personal lives.
