The growth in India’s economy has led to boom in construction business. Infrastructure in India has never witnessed such stupendous growth. Every first and second grade city in the country is seeing rapid construction of roads, skyscrapers, flyovers, schools, hotels, hospitals, mega malls, resident properties and townships, new airports or modernization of existing ones etc.
Jobs for Architects/ Architecture Interior Design Jobs
Given the present scenario of frenetic development, architecture jobs in India offer excellent scope for the development of a budding architect’s professional expertise. Joining a firm will help you get involved in projects ranging from tiny housing complexes to planned cities or suburbs. Exposure to all these can add immensely to your experience and profile.
Every construction work requires the involvement of designer and constructors. When you join a firm as an architect you have to work in close coordination of both technical and non-technical people. These include surveyors, contractors, designers, engineers, along with masons, electricians, carpenters, plumbers etc. Interacting with the highest to the humblest can be a great learning experience.
Jobs for Landscape Architects
Landscape architects are responsible for planning, designing, and monitoring layouts of built environment in urban, suburban, and rural areas. This primarily includes private and public open spaces, gardens, parks, streetscapes, housing developments, plazas, memorials; burial grounds, tourist centers, industrial and educational complexes; botanic gardens, zoos, sports grounds, recreation etc. As India is developing architecturally like never before firms, both government and private are recruiting Landscape architects in large numbers.
Salary in Architecture Jobs
Architects start their career with a very modest initial pay of around 10-15k. After one gains experience and excellence ones salary can go to up lakhs. However as an architect it takes 5-10 yrs to get established and rake in millions.
Skills Needed to Become an Architect
If you were good in physics and mathematics in your plus 2 levels you can pursue a course in architecture. Other required skills include being creative and having an inclination towards designing.
Institutions of Architecture
Architecture is taught in many leading colleges and technical institutes in India. The most famous among them is the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. After completing your course you can either practice or join a firm of architects. Several Engineering colleges in India also have an architecture department. Entrance exams to architecture courses are usually not very tough.
