About Us
The Sinhgad College of Architecture (SCOA) came to life in the year 2000-2001 for nurturing the creative skills of talented students. To set their minds free and imagination soaring, the course is conducted in the picturesque locale of a hilltop. Experienced, qualified and expert faculty members, comprehensive syllabus and extensive facilities add tremendous value in enhancing the students’ knowledge and creative flair to ensure all-round development of students by organizing seminars, workshops, tours and other extra-curricular activities all year round.
Affiliations:
The Sinhgad College of Architecture is recognized by the Government of Maharashtra and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education. Also, it is affiliated to the University of Pune. All the norms prescribed by the University are strictly adhered to and joint efforts are made continuously to improve the level of education.
Teaching Methodology:
Architecture is a part of the overall culture and cannot exist in a vacuum. In order to develop the budding architects on excellent lines, it is therefore necessary to go BEYOND THE CLASSROOM and give wider exposure to the students. With this objective in mind, extra classes, guest lectures and workshops are arranged after the regular college hours at no extra charge.
Our Achievements: The Sinhgad College of Architecture, in a short span of 12 years since its inception, has achieved the status of one of the top ten colleges in India. Our students have bagged many awards at the national level competitions in academic as well as co-curricular & extra-curricular activities. The college believes in overall development of the students to make them competitive in the globalised world today, by providing excellent infrastructure, faculty and a conducive teaching-learning environment.
VISION
उत्तमपुरुषान् उत्तमाभियंतृन् निर्मातुं कटीबद्धाः वयम् |
The Sinhgad College of Architecture has been founded with the objective of bringing forth well-educated, informed and motivated architects equipped with ultra-modern skills, who can contribute towards building a humane society for the future by taking up the task of visualizing and designing for the human habitat with confidence and integrity.
MISSION
“The college is committed to create a conducive teaching and learning environment to lean, demonstrate and progress. Our primary objective is to ensure the highest level of academic excellence along with the spirit of creativity and growth in every individual, for both students and teachers. Therefore, we encourage our students to look at the world beyond mere academics by providing a wider exposure through a series of guest lectures and workshops by experts in architecture and related fields.”
Administrators
Prof. M. N. Navale
Founder President, Sinhgad Institutes
Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanda M. Navale
Founder Secretary, Sinhgad Institutes
Mrs. Rachana Navale Ashtekar
Vice-President (Admin), Sinhgad Institutes
Mr. Rohit M. Navale
Vice-President (HR), Sinhgad Institutes
Principal’s Desk:
Dr. Banani Banerjee
Principal
SCOA
Respected Dr. Banani Banejee is associated to Sinhgad College of Architecture since its inception in 2000. Her dedication and unrelenting efforts over the years intended to the progress of the students and the institute simultaneously. As an ardent reader and interests in academia, her commitment to the teaching remains as the main priority along with the co and extra-curricular development of the students.
Educational Background:
B. Arch. (Jadavpur University, Kolkata), M.C.P.(I.I.T. Kharagpur), Ph.D.( CEPT University, Ahmedabad).
Experience:
Professional: Since 1984, she has been settled in Pune, initially worked with eminent architects and handled several prestigious projects. She started practicing independently for last 20 years with many architectural works of Sri Sarada Math; designed a temple and a school in Pune, and several other projects which are under construction and approval process in Arunachal Pradesh center, and head-quarter in Kolkata.
Academic: Her teaching career of 28 years is filled with experiences of sharing knowledge with students, teachers and experts in the field of architecture. Her interests in research motivated to write research papers in the fields of cultural geography and environmental gerontology. She was appointed in the panel of syllabus committee and member of Local Inspection Committee of several other architecture colleges under Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Vision
The Sinhgad College of Architecture has been founded with the objective of bringing forth well-educated, informed and motivated architects equipped with ultra-modern skills, who can contribute towards building a humane society for the future by taking up the task of visualizing and designing for the human habitat with confidence and integrity.
Mission
The college is committed to create a conducive teaching and learning environment to lean, demonstrate and progress. Our primary objective is to ensure the highest level of academic excellence along with the spirit of creativity and growth in every individual, for both students and teachers. Therefore, we encourage our students to look at the world beyond mere academics by providing a wider exposure through a series of guest lectures and workshops by experts in architecture and related fields.
Campus and Facilities :