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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 2008 |
| Director | Prof. Chandra Charu Tripathi |
| Location | , , |
| Affiliations | MoE |
| Website | www |
The School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal (SPA Bhopal) is a higher education institute in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, specializing in education and research in the field of Urban Planning, Architecture and Design. It is one of the two Schools of Planning and Architecture (SPAs) established by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 2008 as an autonomous institute and a fully Centrally Funded Technical Institution (CFTI). It is one of the Institutes of National Importance of MoE India along with IITs, NITs and AIIMS.[1] It forms a part of the league along with the other two SPAs: SPA Vijaywada and SPA Delhi. In 2014, Lok Sabha passed a bill to make all the three SPAs "centres of excellence" on the pattern of IITs and IIMs.[2]
- ^ "MHRD list of Institutes of National Importance". mhrd.gov.in. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ "SPA Bill". currentaffairs.gktoday.in. Retrieved 26 December 2017.