Two ninth-semester B.Arch. students from the School of Architecture & Landscape Design (SoALD), Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), showcased their research at the International Conference on Urban Resilience and Sustainable Architecture, held at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna on November 15–16, 2025. Organized by the Department of Architecture & Planning, the conference...Read More
Anoop Sharma, faculty in Architecture, at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra attended SDEWES-20 Scientific conference at Dubrovnik, Croatia in October-2025. The six day event brought together 785 scientists, researchers, and experts in the field of sustainable development from 68 countries and six continents. There were 65 regular and 22 special sessions plus four keynote...Read More
Ar. Vinod Kumar, Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture and Landscape Design (SoALD), Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), has brought laurels to the university by securing a prestigious research grant from the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) Division, Ministry of Education, Government of India. The project has been sanctioned under the IKS Institutional Internship...Read More
The First year students, 2025 batch of Bachelor of Architecture Degree program of School of Architecture & Design (SoALD) of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University have visited the Pilgrim Town of Katra to study the architectural & planning values under the supervision of Ar. Aditya Kumar Singh, Associate Professor, SoALD. The study tour has been...Read More
School of Architecture and Landscape design (SoALD), Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra in its commitment to impart superlative hands-on and skill-oriented teaching-learning, organised 3-days workshop for its students. The skill-enhancement workshop focused on the topic ‘Micro-Climatology assessment’ and involved rigorous hands-on training sessions via popular platforms-‘ENVI-Met’ and ‘Urban Climate’ softwares. The training platforms...Read More
Ananya Kotwal, a final-year student of the School of Architecture and Landscape Design, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), has brought laurels to the University by winning the National Poem Competition on “Unani Medicine for Innovative Health Solutions”, organized by CCRUM under the Ministry of AYUSH in collaboration with MyGov. Her poem was selected from...Read More
Ar. Anoop Sharma, Faculty at School of Architecture and Landscape Design (SoALD), Shri Mata Vasihno Devi University (SMVDU) Katra secures the prestigious ANRF (Anusandhan National Research Foundation) international travel award. ANRF acts as an apex body under MoE, Govt. of India to provide high-level strategic direction to scientific research in the country. ANRF rewarded the...Read More
Katra, Jammu & Kashmir: In a remarkable achievement, Debjyoti Mukhopadhyay, a recent graduate of the School of Architecture & Landscape Design (SoALD) at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), has secured admission offers from five esteemed public universities in Germany for postgraduate studies, including Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Brandenburg University of Technology, Wismar University of Applied Sciences,...Read More
SMVDU: Ar. Satyanshu Kumar, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Landscape Design, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), presented his research on “Determinants of Sustainable Design of High-rise Buildings in India” at the national e-conference on “Reimaging Cities: Integrating Technology, Culture and Sustainability (RCITCS 2025)”. The conference was organized virtually by National Institute of Technology,...Read More
Katra: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) has achieved a remarkable milestone with Ms. Juhi Kumari, a student of the School of Architecture (session 2014-19), being selected by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for the prestigious post of Deputy Architect (Group A) in the Central Public Works Department, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs....Read More
