An architect is mainly responsible for designing buildings and comfortable living space for human beings for their private or public use, they kind of create draft plans and rough models of the project they work on. An architect while working on any project has to keep a balance between many factors which includes the proper functioning of the given work and keeps a check on the aesthetics. An architect while working on any projects create a plan using various software tools they even control the legal and financial aspects of the project.
Bachelor of architecture (B.ARCH) is a three year undergraduate program in India, the minimum eligibility to enroll for this program is that you must have successfully completed the 10+2 education from a recognized board. Some of the colleges accept the admission on the basis of your 10+2 performance but many of the colleges accept the admissions on the basis of your scorecard in various national level entrance exams such as- NATA, BITSAT which is followed by a personal interview round.
Pursuing B.ARCH from reputed colleges is only fruitful and will land you in a good career and job, there are so many good colleges for B.ARCH in India some of the top B.ARCH colleges are located in Mathura, U.P. But in today’s extremely competitive world just a bachelor degree in architecture is not sufficient in order to have a great career one must definitely go for Master’s in architecture (M.ARCH), a master degree in this profession will make your more employable and valuable.
With the rapid advancement in the economic development which lead to urbanization in India it has opened so many job opportunities for the architects and the demands for architects has also increased tremendously for creating a comfort living space for the people within the budget. The increase in the real estate firms have also hyped the profession of architecture from the beginning of planning a design to finally executing it. An architect has dual responsibilities he has to design his plans and think in a way which is economical, feasible and simultaneously is environmentally sustainable. In order to pursue a career in architecture one must have required set of analytical, logical skills and must possess versatility and flexibility.
After you have completed your graduation in B.ARCH you can go for the following job positions in various architectural industries such as-
- Staff Consultant
- Technical Assistant
- Project Assistant Manager
- Sales/ Business Development Manager
- Architectural Assistant
- Architectural Historian/ Journalist
- Art Director
- Building Contractor
- Data Analyst
- Architecture Designer
- Architecture Engineer
- Interior Designer
- Architecture Draftsman
The architects are mostly recruited in some popular areas such as- Construction, Real estate, consultancies, interior designing and space and architecture. As a fresher the salary offered at the entry level may range around 2-3 lakh per annum but the more you gain experience the salary might range between 2- 10 lakhs per annum.
Some of the largest recruiters in the public sector areas are-
- National Building Organization
- Town and Country Planning Organization
- National Institute of Urban Affairs
- Housing and Urban Development Corporation
- National Building Construction Corporation Ltd.
- City Development Authorities
- Public Works Department
- The Archaeological Department
- Ministry of Defense
- Departments of Railways
- Post and Telegraphs
- Public Sector Undertakings
The awareness about architecture is growing in India rapidly, the architectural sector is now an inseparable part of the development of various activities and creativities to build a healthy and sustainable environment. Architecture is not everyone’s cup of coffee one must be a creative thinker and should be artistic and can hold multiple responsibilities simultaneously, the job of architecture is strenuous one must possess enough mental and physical strength to undertake any project. In order to develop adequate skills in this field a good colleges will definitely play a crucial role. This field requires immense passion and dedication in order to be successful in this profession, it is important to understand that architecture is a mixture of both art and science.
With the immense popularity in the architectural courses there are so many top national and multi- national companies hiring graduates and post- graduates in this field, some of the most famous recruiters are –
Architect Consultants
VSA Space Design Pvt. Ltd.
Edifice Architects Pvt. Ltd.
Chitra Vishwanath Architects
Sahara Group, etc.
Eros Group
Gammon India
Aeons Construction etc.
L&T
DLF
Jindals
IMAXE
Manchanda Associates
Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj
