South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation of Architects 2008

[Shamit Manchanda]

SAARCH- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation of Architects

 SAARCH was founded in the year 1991 in Colombo with the objective of assisting the development of national architectural institute bodies within the South Asian Region so that it would provide opportunities for consultation on holding of conferences of architects to discuss professional matters and interchange ideas. SAARCH was granted "SAARC recognised body status" in May 1997. It has held several conferences in the region which includes the recent ones like SAARCH 2002, SAARCH 2004 and SAARCH 2006  held at Kathmandu, Karachi and Dhaka respectively. SAARCH 2008 is being organized at New Delhi.

  THEME

Safe Built Environment

SAARC Region

With the growing incidences of natural disasters in the region causing losses to human lives and scarce Housing stock, it is time that the Architectural Profession in the Region does an introspection within itself and prepares to take on the challenging task of innovating design solutions to support the Governments and the Society at large in preparing themselves to brace against these growing disasters.

The seminar is proposed to have a very detailed introspection in the related issues to help the delegates to start working in the direction of preparing the fellow Architects for their role in Designing of Safe Built Environment in the Region that shall be able to withstand the natural disasters better, thus, protecting the human lives and minimizing damages to the built environment.

For further details and registration form please visit

http://www.iia-india.org/saarch08.shtml


Secretariat

SAARCH 2008
The Indian Institute of Architects
8-B, Shanker Market, Connaught Place,
New Delhi - 110 001
Tel : 91-11-23411699
Telefax : 91-11-23413483
Email : iianc...@hotmail.com

or Contact Ar. Vijay Garg
Jt. Hon Secretary
The Indian Institute of Architects
Ph. 9811157289, 011-28520508