| Subject | Professional Practice (Talk by Architect Minal Modak) |
| Academic Year | 2019-20 |
| Date & Time | 23rd January, 2020 & 10.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. |
| Faculty & Coordinator | Prof. Kavita Pradhan |
| Speaker | Architect Minal Modak Minal + Sonal Designs, Navi Mumbai, msd_signs@yahoo.co.in, www.msd-signs.in |
| Venue | 5th year Studio, PiCA |
| Attended by students | 5th Year |
| Number of students present | 55 |
Minal Modak discussing with students
5th year students in the session
Aim is to discuss Professional Ethics and Code of Conduct by narrating various practical experiences and conflict situations and highlighting the importance of adhering to the Professional Code of Conduct.
Session Minutes:
Minal Modak explained history of Architect’s Law since independence. He highlighted on the importance of registering with COA and how it gives us a right to practice throughout India. IIA’s role was explained and the students were informed about IIA chapters in the vicinity.
Architect plays various roles in practice and the issues related to the same were discussed.
Importance of documentation was explained and Minal gave examples of his practice when lack of proper documentation and communication issues could have got the architect into trouble.
He stressed that the making contracts between architect, client and contractors is very important and its necessary to register the same.
Minal highlighted that the professional fees should be quoted as per the scale mentioned by COA.
