A panel led by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar will look into introducing reforms in the urban planning education system. The 14-member advisory committee which comprises NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and secretaries of three ministries—Housing and Urban Affairs, Higher Education, and Panchayati Raj will also examine the availability, demand and supply of qualified urban planners in the country.
An order said the committee will “review the current urban planning education system in India in terms of multi-disciplinarity, curriculum and related issues at graduate and postgraduate levels in the context of the challenges posed by rapid urbanization…”
The latest development will immensely help in upgrading the level of the education system in urban cities.