RICS and Amity University establish School of Built Environment

RICS - The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the worlds leading professional qualification and standard setting body in land, property and construction sector, and Amity University, a leading research and innovation driven University in India, have together established the RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University at Noida campus.

The school is aimed to bridge the professional skills gap in real estate, construction, infrastructure and associated services collectively termed as built environment. It will offer a range of academic degree programs including a 3 year full time BBA in Real Estate and Urban Infrastructure, 2-year full time MBA in Real Estate and Urban Infrastructure with specialization in Investment Finance or Marketing, and 2 year full time MBA in Construction Project Management.

The School will also offer Management Development Programs to meet the training and development requirements of existing professionals in sector.

RICS also announced the appointment of Prof. K.T. Ravindran as Dean of the RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University. An internationally acclaimed academician, Prof Ravindran has over 30 years experience in academia, and was the former Dean of the School of Planning and Architecture and the Chairman of the Delhi Urban Arts Commission.

Inaugurating the RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University, Mr Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Urban Development, Government of India said, I see this endeavour between RICS and Amity University in setting up the School of Built Environment as a first-of-its-kind initiative that will lay the foundation to setting new benchmarks that other institutions will subsequently try and emulate. The challenges of urbanization in India are already immense. India has a very young demographic profile thats extremely mobile and were already seeing small towns becoming the hub of economic activity.

One of the biggest challenges facing the real-estate, construction and infrastructure sectors is that of good human resources. The RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University will therefore enable quality and relevant education for young professionals entering this sector. The government will be happy to assist this partnership in any way possible, he said.

Speaking on the importance of this initiative, Mr. Sachin Sandhir, MD-RICS South Asia said, Considering the dearth of quality talent within built environment stems from the absence of specialized education in the sector, we are extremely glad to have set up the RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University as a world-class, industry led academic institution that will help bridge the skills gap in India by equipping 15,000-20,000 professionals over the next three to five years.

According to Mr. Atul Chauhan, Chancellor, Amity University, With the establishment of the RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University has enhanced its commitment to provide world class education across disciplines within the real estate, construction and infrastructure sectors.

Prof. K.T. Ravindran, Dean, RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University said, Although the real estate and construction sectors are key contributors to the economy, there is a complete vacuum of education and training options available for professionals to enhance and hone their skills. Top-of-the-line faculty sourced from around the world along with an innovatively designed curriculum will ensure that the graduates passing out from the School are wholesome, employment-ready professionals that meet the changing needs of the industry.Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more news and updates on New MBA programmes in India.