NASA India
•The National Association of Students of Architecture (NASA India) is one of the largest Architectural Student
Organizations in the world with student participants from more than three hundred colleges all over the India
and countries around the world.
•The main objective of NASA India is to create a platform for architecture students to learn and interact,
engage them directly and indirectly through both online and offline platforms.
•NASA India conducts events, conventions, seminars, workshops, design competitions & trophies and many
other activities.
Around 300 Colleges
With 160 MEMBER Colleges and 140 OBSERVER Colleges
Having 60000 STUDENTS
NASA India - A Movement that turned into Platform
NASA India - Of the Students, For the Students, By the Students.
History about NASA
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENTS OF ARCHITECTURE, INDIA
Briefly designated as NASA India, is a student body association, one of its kind for the
Undergraduate students of Architecture in India.
Established in 1957 with seven colleges namely,
• Sir J. J. College of Architecture, Mumbai.
• CEPT University, Ahmadabad.
• Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur.
• Chandigarh College of Architecture, Chandigarh.
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
• School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi.
• Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University, Hyderabad.
Goals
● NASA bridges the gap between students and professionals in the field of architecture and
design and those who are affected by their outcomes.
● NASA voices the opinions and issues concerning the student community and helps them to
stage it.
Mission and Vision
Facts about NASA
• NASA India now includes students of over 300+ colleges from
across the country, divided geographically into six zones.
• Also colleges from neighbouring nations like Pakistan, Nepal, Sri
Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia, Malaysia, have been
participating since past 5 years.
• NASA India is a non profit and non political association registered
under the Society’s Act 1860 vies no. 24786 as applicable to the
National Capital Territory of New Delhi, India.
❏ Zone 1 – 61 colleges – J&K, Haryana,
Punjab, Delhi, UP, Rajasthan.
❏ Zone 2 – 37 colleges – Gujarat, MP,
Maharashtra.
❏ Zone 3 – 42 colleges – Maharashtra.
❏ Zone 4 – 33 colleges – Orissa, West
Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra
Pradesh along with the 7 Sisterly states.
❏ Zone 5 – 52 colleges – Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana, Karnataka, Goa.
❏ Zone 6 – 71 colleges – Tamil Nadu,
Kerala.
Facts about Zone 4
Zone 4 ZONE 4
Total colleges – 33
Member colleges- 16
Observer colleges – 17
Number of Colleges in each State,
❏ West Bengal - 7
❏ Odisha - 6
❏ Uttar Pradesh - 8
❏ Andhra Pradesh - 2
❏ Chhattisgarh - 4
❏ Bihar - 2
❏ Assam - 2
❏ Jharkhand - 1
❏ Meghalaya - 1
Constitution
● It acts as a set of Rules and Regulations
that facilitates the smooth functioning
of the Association.
● An official document submitted to the
Government to register under the Societies
Act 1860.
Headquarters
SCHOOL OF PLANNING
AND ARCHITECTURE ,
NEW DELHI
Structure of the Association
STUDENTS COUNCIL
1 Students of the Associated Colleges
(Members and Observers).
GENERAL COUNCIL
2
Unit Secretaries and Unit Designees.
ZONAL COUNCIL
3
Zonal Presidents.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
President, Secretary, 4
Vice-President,Treasurer,Programs Head,
Events head, Advisor
65th Year EXECUTIVE and ZONAL Council
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Finance
Accounts
NASA India, NASA India NASA India
NASA India
FCA UA (Online)
For expenses of the To ease the process and
It is the Foreign
association and its It is the utilization proceedings of the banking
Contribution Account.
functioning. account to use the works.
Also reimbursement and Foreign funds Enables online
other payment included. transactions.
Subscription Fee
Subscription
Fee
Member Observer
Colleges Colleges
Rs. 100 per Student Rs. 150 per Student
Rs 150 as per 67th Year FGBM Rs 200 as per 67th Year FGBM
Trophies
Trophies
ANDC
● The Annual NASA Design Competition (ANDC)
is the qualifying trophy of NASA India.
● A design based competition where the colleges
qualifying this trophy are eligible to take part in all
other trophies of NASA India as well as
participate in the Annual NASA.
● The brief is decided by the Host college on the
theme and the jury is held.
● The design briefs are based on providing
sustainable solutions and innovative designs for
the community.
● The winners are awarded at the Annual NASA
convention.
Trophies
LOUIS.I.KAHN
● To promote the awareness about
architectural heritage and human
settlement planning among the masses,
Louis l Kahn trophy takes this idea forward.
● The work is documented and published by
NASA India.
● The work could be used more effectively if,
documentation work is verified /archived in
conjunction with ASI, Central Urban
development and Tourism Ministry, Central
HRD. Ministry, ICOMOS charter, UNESCO
concerns and various Heritage societies
like INTACH Conservation and
revitalisation measures can be suggested
and carriedout for the projects.
Trophies
HUDCO
● This trophy is a collaborative initiative of
NASA India and HUDCO.
● The trophy is sponsored by the Housing and
Urban Development Corporation
Limited(HUDCO).
● This trophy aims at designing for the
informal sector and give design alternatives
for the issues pertaining to the solutions to
Sustainable Urban Development.
● Since 1993, HUDCO is hosting design
competition through National Association of
Students of Architecture (NASA) every year
Trophies
GSEN
● Named after Mr. Gopal Sen, an eminent
architect, who believed in on site studies
of successful design projects and
translating the results into practice.
● The trophy is awarded to the best study
and redesign of existing inadequate
projects, which combines the thoughts of
the clients, user and the architects.
● This trophy involves documentation,
analysis and redesign with an integrated
approach to the design process.
● It aims to understand and appreciate the
existing built form of a building and
redesign on that basis satisfying given
theme
Trophies
GRIHA
● In yet another fresh demonstration of our
commitment to sustainable urban
development, the NASA India - GRIHA
trophy is initiated in 2013 awarded by The
Association for Development and Research
of Sustainable Habitats (ADaRSH) under the
aegis of The Energy and Resources Institute
(TERI) and the Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy, Government of India, in
partnership with National Association of
Students of Architecture(NASA).
● The shortlisted entries get to present the
work at the Annual Summit of GRIHA.
● The winners get to go for the case studies of
green rated buildings across the country with
the GRIHA members.
Trophies
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Trophies
LAURIE BAKER TROPHY
● This is a collaborative initiative of NASA
INDIA and Laurie Baker Centre for habitat
studies,Trivandrum.
● This trophy gives attention towards the cost
effective building techniques, materials and
execution of the same.
● The winning entry is executed on site with
modifications by the working professionals
at Laurie baker center.
● This is also linked with the NASA – LBC
Exposure Program, which is a series of
workshops held at LBC to educate students
the techniques of cost effective architecture
along with the practical experience of
HANDS ON SITE
Trophies
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
● The Industrial design Trophy is overlooked
and guided by the ADI (association of
designers of India).
● The trophy aims at exploring product design
solutions for various purpose, which could
be social or for local masses.
● The products designed are shortlisted as top
15.
● The 15 shortlisted entries make a 1:5 scale
model over 2 days during the Annual NASA
Convention under the guidance and
supervision of ADI mentors.
● The top 5 winners are awarded at the
Annual NASA convention.
Trophies
LANDSCAPE DESIGN (MSL)
● The landscape trophy, involves ISOLA
(Indian Society Of Landscape Architects) for
setting up design briefs and its jury.
● The trophy intends to consider all the
questions affecting and relating to the
landscape architecture /landscape design.
● Students get to learn different styles of
landscape architecture as well as its
importance in architecture.
● It also aims to open up avenues to explore
one more direction of the practice of the
profession, when students embark in their
own careers.
Trophies
WRITING ARCHITECTURE
● The Writing Architecture aims in promotion of
architectural journalism.
● Thereby the author is supposed to submit an
article/ essay pertaining to the brief on his /
her findings and research on that topic.
● The brief is based on latest architectural
issues.
● The trophy is also very well successful at
zonal level where it incorporates a seminar
session for the shortlisted entries besides
judging the writing skills of author.
● The top 5 articles are awarded and are
published in NASA‟s Indian Arch magazines.
Reubens
Reubens Exhibition
● One of the very first trophy of NASA India. Trophy as per 67th Year FGBM
● Named after Ar. Solomon Reuben, the first professor of architecture
in India at the historical Sir J.J. college of Architecture, Mumbai. He was
famous for his meticulous attention to students and quest for quality
class work.
● The exhibition aims in judging the growth of the Architectural
student in their journey of becoming an architect.
● Evaluating certified class works of students, from various schools of
architecture at a common platform, which are most innovative and
revolutionary.
● The aim is to display the standard of teaching and the quality of
student work in every college. It also allow faculty and students to
learn and share ideas on varied topics from diversified regions
along with varied curriculum they follow. Also seeing the works of
others, students can try out and improve their own work and
educators & decision makers to see and lift the standard of
architectural education as a whole in this nation.
Le Corbusier Trophy
● All the points obtained in the various trophies are accumulated and
the college with maximum number of points on the whole wins the
Le-Corbusier Trophy also referred to as the Overall Trophy.
● It is a rolling trophy and is given to the winners of that particular
year.
● Thus, NASA is a congregation full of education, fun, entertainment &
learning- a wannabe for all students of architectural fraternity
Collaborations
Structure of the
Collaborations
Association
GRIHA council and NASA India have signed a A Public Sector Company, wholly owned
Memorandum of Understanding to jointly promote the by the Government of India, HUDCO has
concept of green buildings and sustainable habitat been a key partner with the Government in
through the GRIHA platform and sensitize students
building assets for the Nation. Since 1993,
towards sustainable design. As part of this MoU, GRIHA
HUDCO and NASA, India have been
Council and NASA shall cooperate to execute the
GRIHA trophy at NASA annual conventions. The hosting a design competition every year
winning entries get showcased during the annual and HUDCO sponsors the same.
GRIHA Summit, where students are invited to share HUDCO-NASA Trophy aims at designing
their designs and schemes with participating delegates. for the informal sector, giving design
This is a collaborative initiative of NASA INDIA and alternatives for the issues pertaining to
GRIHA started in the year 2013 to expose students to and providing solutions towards
the Green and Sustainable Architecture Sustainable Urban Development.
The Indian Society of Landscape Architects - A
professional body of Landscape Architects established
in 2003. The society is at the forefront in creating global
awareness about the fast-emerging profession of
Landscape Architecture and promoting and enhancing
The LBC-NASA Exposure Programme
the professional excellence among its members in India. started in the year 2012 admits students of
The Mohammad Shaheer Landscape trophy is a architecture of different colleges from all
collaborative trophy of NASA and ISOLA dedicated to over India as participants. LBC also
Landscape Architect Mohammad Shaheer. This moderates a trophy by the same name
landscape ideas competition seeks to explore the use of from 2012.
landscape as a medium for change, to revitalize and
reactivate the public sphere within urban spaces.
Collaborations
The European Architecture Students The Center for the Living City
Assembly (EASA) started in 1981 as an founded in 2005 holds the singular
improvised gathering of European distinction of being the only Urbanist
architecture students and tutors who organization founded in collaboration
wanted to discuss current affairs with Jane Jacobs. OBSERVATION &
concerning the profession and urban ACTION NETWORK (OAN) Grants
environment. It is organized by students of Program is a collaboration with the
architecture for students of architecture Center for the Living City, the Urban
and the concept is operated on a Design Collective, and NASA India
cooperative basis. The Assembly includes that invites students who are
lectures, building, and theoretical extremely passionate about
workshops, as well as other cultural and transforming their cities/towns for a
architectural endeavors. The workshops better tomorrow.
allow participants to broaden their thinking
and teach them new skills.
INTACH is India’s largest non-profit
Urban Design Collective (UDC) is a
membership organization
collaborative platform for architects,
dedicated to the conservation and
urban designers, and planners to
preservation of India’s natural,
create livable cities through
cultural, living, tangible, and
participatory planning. OAN. City
intangible heritage. Intach since
archive project GSEN trophy from
2018 has been moderating the
59th-62nd Year
Louis-I-Kahn Trophy
Collaborations
ACEDGE in collaboration with AAKA Space Studio is founded by Aastha
Ethos India presents a series of Kacha, an Award-Winning Space Architect
and two times Ted X speaker. They aim to
online studios, lectures and live
spread awareness about Space Industry
interactions exploring architecture
and create Space Education affordable in
and design from cross-disciplinary
India. NASA India has been in collaboration
perspectives. with AAKA Space Studio since 2021 and
they conduct NASA India Winter School
Program together on the course titled-
'Space Architecture'.
SSA is a group of architects from
the pink city of Jaipur, India,
Information Sharing and Analysis
founded by Ar. Shubham Soni, an
Center (ISAC) is India’s leading
international award winning
cybersecurity non-profit foundation..
architect, celebrating architecture
They aim to create a credible
now and then. They conduct online
workforce for the Industry by means
interactive sessions for architects
of unique capacity-building programs.
and students on their YouTube
NASA India has been in collaboration
channel. NASA India has been in
with ISAC since 2021 and they
collaboration with SSA since 2021
conduct NASA India Winter School
and they conduct NASA India
Program together on the course
Winter School Program together
titled- 'Secure by Design'.
on the course titled- 'Finance and
Architecture'.
Theme
NASA India, a story of legacy has turned 65 this year, a story written by architecture students
from across the country. While we celebrate and glorify the past 65 now comes an important
moment- defining the next milestones, and the goals we aspire to achieve! With new
collaborators, students, partners, programs and stakeholders adding up yearly, it is only natural
for us to diverge.This year let’s delve deeper, deeper than we have ever been and ask the
questions that matter the most. “What do the students want?”
The solution for future challenges lies in asking the right questions today. How would NASA
grow to serve the communities better while staying relevant with the changing times? To
answer this question and stay disruptive we as NASA, India need to rethink, reimagine, realign
and stay relevant with the changing trends. While the story, processes, events, and networking
of NASA and its rich history are known and celebrated by the fraternity for being unique in the
architecture community, doing the same things repeatedly over the next few years might not
keep us relevant for much longer.
While winning feels good! Let us zoom out and look at NASA India as a community where we all
win for each other. The satisfaction and joy achieved through participation, forging friendships
for life, learning, sharing, and expanding the knowledge bank along with being a part of
something cannot be negated. All of this is challenging but is possible if we as one envision
together. Change is aspiring, but taking new directions every year will dilute our efforts and will
not leave the impact we would have envisioned.
Let’s break the stereotypes by ‘Envisioning’ deeper communities, deeper connections,
deeper contributions, and a clearer vision. It’s time we share, learn, play and connect with
every future, past and current builders of societies and cultures.
Publications
PUBLICATIONS
INDIANARCH
It’s the Annual Magazine under NASA Banner that
includes works and Writings of Revolutionary
Architects associated with us.
It is a platform for Students to Contribute their best
works as per the yearly theme.
It also gives a glimpse of year long activities of
NASA India that includes Zonal Conventions, Panel
Discussions, NASA Day Activities (Celebrated on
13th September every year), Heritage Walks etc.
Publications
TROPHY BOOKS
It defines Hard work of the students of colleges that
are recipient of Citation and Special Mention of
various trophies of NASA India.
It also acts like a knowledge bank of the trophies to
all the other participating colleges and to the student
fraternity as a whole.
