Smt. Manoramabai Mundle College of Architecture, Nagpur
Website : www.smmca.edu.in
Smt. Manoramabai Mundle College of Architecture (SMMCA), Nagpur under the aegis of Women’s Education Society was started in the session 1993-94 as a Department of Architecture of Lady Amritbai Daga (LAD) College for women. Women’s Education Society, Nagpur established in 1932 with its goal centered firmly on women’s progress in education, social and cultural fields is driven by the mission to enlighten, empower and socially uplift women through access to higher, technical and vocational skills education.
SMMCA was elevated to the status of a college in 2008-09 after permission granted by the Council of Architecture, New Delhi, Govt. of India, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj (RTM) Nagpur University and Govt. of Maharashtra. Thecollege successfully runs two Post Graduate courses and a PhD centre. Post graduate course of M. Arch in Architecture Education was initiated in the session 2007-2008 and M. Arch in Urban Design in the session 2019-20. Ph.D. in Architecture started from the academic year 2012-2013 with an intake of 20 students.
The college is NAAC accredited as B++ and is focused towards achieving higher standards through infrastructure, academic and research upliftment.
Vision and Mission
Our vision is to reach global standards by deliberate modernization without losing the essential characteristics of our tradition. Being a women’s college, we find it most pertinent to imbibe both these qualities very consciously in our girl students. We wish to produce socially responsible architects with sensitivity towards social issues of immediate contexts, national concerns and global effects and positive and creative approach towards life.