The Institute of Town Planners, India owes its origin to a small group of dedicated town planners, who, in 1947, decided to set up a professional Town Planning Institute on the lines of the Royal Town Planning Institute, London. As the planners, numbered only six then, a registered society could not be set up. Therefore, this small group formed itself into an Indian Board of Town Planners which after three years of continuous work formed the Institute of Town Planners, India with members numbering only fifteen having its own Memorandum, Articles of Association and Bye-laws.
The Institute of Town Planners, India owes its origin to a small group of dedicated town planners, who, in 1947, decided to set up a professional Town Planning Institute on the lines of the Royal Town Planning Institute, London. As the planners, numbered only six then, a registered society could not be set up. Therefore, this small group formed itself into an Indian Board of Town Planners which after three years of continuous work formed the Institute of Town Planners, India with members numbering only fifteen having its own Memorandum, Articles of Association and Bye-laws.
After the Inauguration and Establishment of the Institute in July 1951
The names of the fifteen founder members of the Institute of Town Planners, India are as follows
(as on 30/10/2021)