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“National Education Policy Conclave 2021@ McGAN’S Ooty, (NEPCON-2021)” held on 27th and 28th of March 2021, and making it a grand success. The conference deliberations were beyond fruitful and your contribution was unparallel.
TESTIMONIALS
“drove up to this panoramic valley, in the midst of which is sited the OOTY School of Architecture. An Idyllic location for architectural studies, after the preliminary round of discussions with the staff, proceeded to the studio to preview the works of the final semester students who were perusing their THESIS. I was and am on the whole impressed with what these young aspiring spirits have achieved and am confident that they will with a little push make everyone of McGAN’S SOA proud.”
Prof.K.Jaisim Jaisim Fountain Head
Shri Jayaprakash Gandhi Correspondent MOSA
Mr. P. Abdul Ghani
Honorable Justice S. Jagdishan
Dr. V. N. Rajasekaran PillaiPARENTS TESTIMONIALS
ABOUT OUR COLLEGE
As an innovative, hands-on architecture and design school in India, McGAN’S Ooty School of Architecture (MOSA) offers a student-centric learning environment along with access to a faculty of highly experienced practitioners. From the founding principles of architecture to the latest trends in sustainability and design aesthetics to developing technical and leadership skills, MOSA exposes you to practice-oriented curriculum as you pursue a degree in architecture, digital media arts, or construction management, to achieve your professional goals. Read More
OUR PHILOSOPHY
At McGAN’S, we challenge our students with rigorous advancement standards, and our hands-on instructional programs nurture artistic passion while demanding professional excellence. We believe that a wide range of individuals can find reward and fulfillment in the study of architecture and design.
OUR VISION
McGAN’S Ooty School of Architecture is committed to create a world class learning centre for architecture in India. We are blessed to be sitting amidst one of the most scenic landscape in South India which naturally makes us more sensitive to environment. At McGAN’S we understand that architecture requires knowledge of many disciplines like arts, engineering, model making, sociology, anthropology and other allied disciplines. The teaching methodology at McGAN’S is not only restricted to classrooms but goes beyond the four walls. Our institution not only aims at creating mere graduates but also preparing our students for numerous challenges in the profession, also turning them to much better human beings.
SPECIAL FEATURES
CEPT University signs MoU with McGan’s Ooty School of Architecture, Ooty.
On 27 Feb 2021, CEPT University signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a mentorship program with McGan’s Ooty School of Architecture, Ooty. Presided over by Chief Guest, Smt. Anju Sharma, Principal Secretary for Higher Education, the MoU is in line with the New Education Policy of the Government of India. It marks a new beginning for CEPT University, which is recognized nationally and internationally for its high-quality education, research and advisory work. Started in 1962 as School of Architecture, around the same time as the National Institute of Design (NID) and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), CEPT has carved a niche for itself as a leading university focused on the disciplines of habitat.McGAN'S Ranks Top 3 in India
McGAN’S Ooty School of Architecture is the only one in South India to be featured in the top 5 Architecture colleges in India. This year we have secured the 3rd place in the ratings announces by NATA, one of the largest architectural organisations associated with 260 colleges and over 60,000 members.Fashion Show 2019
Year 2019 Ooty Fashion show was hosted by the McGAN’S Fashion Design School in Botanical garden on May 19th 2019. The evening was not just glamorous but exhilarating. The line-up of attendees was very impressive as well as the fashion show itself.
The fashion show started with honouring our Chairman Mr.N.Muralikumaran, Chairperson Dr.Sowmiya Muralikumaran, and the Joint director of Horticulture, Ooty Mr. Siva Subramanian.
This fashion show marks the end of the academic year of the fashion Institute and gives students, faculty the opportunity to welcome over the guests to a professional show that features garments designed and crafted by the final year students collections based on a theme which plays a vital role in their career .Our fashion design students work all school year to turn their concepts into designs and designs into garments to a real runway setting. Industry Experts serve on the Jury of selection, the panel responsible for determining which collection is the best based on various criteria.
The 2019 Ooty Fashion show was hosted by the McGANS Fashion Design School in Botanical garden on May 19th 2019. The evening was not just glamorous but exhilarating. The line-up of attendees was very impressive as well as the fashion show itself.Zonasa 2019
ZONASA, Zonal NASA Convention, under the National Association of Students of Architecture is an annual event which includes a wide range of workshops, seminars and a tough competition for various trophies between architecture colleges in TamilNadu and Kerala. Zonasa this year was hosted by Marian College of Architecture and Planning, Trivandrum from the 25th to 29th of October. A team of 27 students from our college participated in this three day event. The students put in a lot of effort and presented the best of their works. Our college bagged Citation for the Reuben’s trophy and Convention trophy, received.McGAN’S Wall Painting Competition 2019
Conducted by McGAN’S Art Gallery & McGAN’S Ooty School of Architecture.
4 days Wall painting competition – 21st & 24th February 2019. Inaugurated By National Highway AE & District Inspector. Open competition overall India (Cash award 1. Rs, 50000/- 2. Rs, 25000/- 3. Rs, 15000/- & 11 consolation award Rs, 10000/-) National Highway road wall covered 2600 sqft concept SAVE NILGIRIS ( Thummanatti junction & Kilkodappamund wall ). Participated 40 artist from various places in India. Provided Food, Accommodation, Art material & Participation Certificate.Princess Sheikha Faisal Alqassimi 2019
McGAN’S had a visit by Her Royal Highness, Princess Sheikha Hend Faisal Khaled Alqassimi of Sharjah on Monday, 25 th February 2019. The Chairman and the Correspondent were also present for the occasion. Her Highness, who is an architect & Project Management graduate, addressed the students and reviewed the works of both, the Architecture and Fashion Design Students.Blood Donation Camp 2019
The Indian red cross of Ooty conducted one day program for our students in our campus on 23rd January 2019. The class was about the social awareness like disaster, free health camps for poor and tribal people, first aid, fire safety, road safety, blood donation and explained about the Indian red cross works and the helps that they do for the common people in various places.Zonasa 2018
It is a lovely scene in McGAN’S when it comes to preparations. The students toil in mud to bring the best of the best sheets and try something out of the box. The sheets, paintings, rendering etc are given a once-over and subsequently a million-over. Perfection is the goal and perfection was to be achieved. Zonasa is no cake walk for the organizers, participants or the college that sends their hopeful. In the three day event, each day unfolded with series of workshops and seminars and the convention kept the students preoccupied throughout the day. Held on October 8th, the students of SRM, the host college were eager to win over all the Zone 6 colleges with their charismatic hospitality and enthusiasm. They did win us all over but we won back the championship overall. Tribal Art Workshop 2018
Kurumba Art can be called a minimalist geometrical art in that it uses simple shapes such as S’curves, circles, triangles and lines for depiction of powerful socio-religious themes and folk traditions. The colour palette is also restricted to six colours- black, brown, red, yellow, green and white. These colours are naturally derived. As an example, red (semm manna)and white (bodhi manna) are extracted from soil, green comes from the leaves of a particular plant (kaatavarai sedi), and black, brown and red are made from the bark of the raisin tree (kari maran). In the face of it, it look similar to Warli art from Maharashtra but the differences are notable on closer speculationClean Nilgiris Campaign 2018
MOSA had organized a cleaning campaign on 27th January 2018 with the aim to clean the littered national high way. Doddabetta junction to Kotagiri . District Collector Mrs. J. Innocent Divya made her presence and the inauguration took place at Doddabetta junction by 9:30 am where the Principal of our college Dr. Gauri Shiurkar and the collector started cleaning the road with brooms as a mark of the beginning of the Cleaning Campaign.
CMDA 2018
Documentation of 100 Heritage Buildings in Chennai authorized by CMDA (Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority) was given to McGAN’S Ooty School of Architecture in the year 2017. The students numbering 33 and 7 faculty took over the task of visiting all the 100 buildings as per the list given by CMDA authorities. The project stretched over 10 days during the time of which students stayed in Chennai and did site survey by taking the photographs of heritage buildings and by interviewing stake holders and users of the particular sites. Students were divided into groups of three and did archival studies in libraries and museums in Chennai. They also met historians and collected the latest information on certain sites. Some of the building typologies covered were palaces, temples, graveyards, hospitals, colleges and museums etc. Our students and faculty documented 100 heritage buildings in Chennai for the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. The book published on Conservation Guidelines that can serve as a handy book for all Architectural colleges in the country and for conservationists too
Ooty Art Show 2018
McGAN’S organizes every year Ooty Art Show in HADP Hall from the 2015 onwards during the summer festival time. The Art Show normally contains more than 400 artworks in different mediums like Drawings, Oil paintings, Water colour paintings, Tanjore paintings, miniatures & pencil carvings.
Two of our students have been mentioned in the Indian Book Of Records,Vajra World Records and Assist World Records. Mr Mithun R R, for his sculpture of a Veena made from rice grains and Krittika C R for miniature pencil lead carving. These were exhibited at the Ooty Art Show, which was organized between 17 to 31 May 2018.
61th Annual NASA 2017
Eight years. All the way from qualifying to enter the convention and finally tasting a sip of success from the Reubens trophy took us eight years. Reubens is the foremost deciding platform\competition to exhibit a college’s academic work. It requires students of focus, commitment and shear will just to participate and get a respected review. Qualifying among the special mention award was made possible through constant guidance, help from friends and seniors.
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ANDC Zero Kilometer 2017
We believe it is the careful consideration of a space that implies it belongs to the area around. There we wish to create an “alternative space”. The site selection is all about reviving a space that can be more efficiently used by the citizens of the locality. The site is the pathway from Charring Cross to Modern Stores. The pathway is around 100M to 150M long. On the other side of the pathway there is an open drain that flows from the site to across the road. As children use the pathway more frequently to commute from their households to the school; this isn’t one of the brightest and most inviting place they get to view every morning.
Therefore, with all considerations of the people that use the pathway, the team came up with an idea to revive the space for the further and proper use of it without hindrances that cause disturbance to the local people. With the initiated work, NGO’s like The MOB Project has started working on various other sites within the locality- a reflection of the work that now exists. It has not only been a beginning for many other organizations to come forward and do the same, but also has been an eye opener for the people sitting in power to finally be able to go down to the level of the working class that use the pathway to understand the problems and chaos that relevant sites such as hold.
Zonasa 2016
Zonasa 2016 was no cake walk for the organizers. Held on October 8th, the students of SRM were now eager to win over the Zone 6 colleges with their charismatic hospitality and enthusiasm as hosts. It is a lovely scene in McGan’s when it comes to ZONASA preparations. Each day folded with series of workshops and seminars the convention kept the students preoccupied throughout the day. On the final day the results were announced and McGan’s had won the overall in Rueben’s and special mention in SIDC.
Zonal NASA Convention 2014-15
In the mornings and nights of late June days, around twenty five people slept, ate and lived chanting ZONASA in their minds. From late night discussions about costumes to midnight drafting to buying materials to practicing non-stop for hours to perfect a step, a week went by everyone sacrificing sleep and food , yet hoping for the best outcome of the few people who worked day and night draining every ounce of their energy. The night of the departure to Chennai came with a lot of preparation. The sheets had to be panel ready, the costumes and props had to be packed and a lot of sleepy heads needed to get things done and still in between all this chaos everyone was beyond excited and determined
Paint and Help 2015
In order to celebrate NASA Day, we had come up with three tasks. Out of the three was ´Paint and Help´. The objective was to paint graffiti on the wall of an Elementary school near our college premises. The graffiti was related to ´Green Architecture´. The main aim was to give awareness to young minds on how buildings and vegetation has to be balanced.
The task was completed in five days by keeping the NASA day as head start. On 11th and 12thof September 2015,the first coat of primer was done by the evening. On the 13thof September, the work resumed with the design sketches made on the wall, and the final improvisations was done.
