Origin

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.