City: Ranchi

Dr. Manjari Chakraborty is currently serving as the Dean, of Infrastructure and Planning at the Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi with a professional and teaching experience of 30+ years. She is the Founding member of the Dept of Architecture, BIT Patna and Dept of Architecture & Planning, BIT Mesra, Ranchi. Her major areas of research interest are Architecture Education, Sustainable and Green Architecture, Ecology and Environment and Building Technology. She has worked on a large number of multifarious buildings for BIT as an Institute Architect and as a Principal Coordinator for the external Design Consultancy. She is the recipient of the “Career Award for Young Teachers” and the author of the Book “Designing Better Architecture Education” & many National and International level articles.

Projects and Awards

Principal Coordinator of UGC SAP Special Assistance Program (2009-12)
Recipient of “ Career Award for Young Teachers” of AICTE (2000-2003)
Principal Investigator for a good no of Research Projects

 

 

 

Academic Contribution

Book : Designing Better Architecture Education, ISBN: 9788192473390
Editor–in–Chief of International journal ABACUS(ISSN 09738339)11 issues
Reviewer of Journal of Council of Architecture & few other organisations

Academic Contribution

Published many articles in International and National level Journals
Lectured and chaired sessions in many Conferences in India and abroad.
Visiting expert, Teacher Trainer and Guest lecturer in many reputed places

Academic Development

Founder Member of Dept of Architecture & Planning, BIT Mesra, Ranchi
Founder Member of Dept of Architecture, BIT Patna
Architecture Content Developer for MHRD, India
Convened many Seminars, Conferences, Courses

Design Consultancy

Large number of multifarious Buildings for BIT as Institute Architect.
Principal Coordinator for external Design Consultancy
Overall Coordinator of Infrastructure Augmentation of University as DEAN of Infrastructure & Planning