Architecture in India

Options for an Architect vary : Entrepreneurs
Architects (Junior/ Senior)
Furniture design
Photography
Construction& Community based volunteering
Infrastructure development
Graphic design
Set Design
Jewelry design
Advance research in Architecture
Faculty @ School of Architecture
History, Restoration and Preservation
Interior design
Product design
Landscape Design
Project/ Construction Management

Indian is moving towards smart cities, we have a shortage of architects. Other options for an Architect varies from: Entrepreneurs
Architects (Junior/ Senior)
Furniture design
Photography
Construction& Community based volunteering
Infrastructure development
Graphic design
Set Design
Jewelry design
Advance research in Architecture
Faculty @ School of Architecture
History, Restoration and Preservation
Interior design
Product design
Landscape Design
Project/ Construction Management

Hi Tanmay,
I hope you are doing well. Yes, you can, there are some colleges that I can suggest to you:
Best colleges for Diploma in architecture:-
Chhotu Ram Rural Institute of the Technology
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Govt. Polytechnic
North Polytechnics
Mt. Premalatai Chavan Polytechnic

Hi,
India is looking at building smart cities by 2040, to achieve that goal we need a lot of Architects, but we are out sourcing it since there is shortage of architects right now. An Architect has the following fields to choose from -
Entrepreneurs
Architects (Junior/ Senior)
Furniture design
Photography
Construction & Community based volunteering
Infrastructure development
Graphic design
Set Design
Jewelry design
Advance research in Architecture
Faculty @ School of Architecture
History, Restoration and Preservation
Interior design
Product design
Landscape Design
Project/ Construction Management

NATA exam conducted by Council of Architecture is accepted throughout India in most of the Architecture colleges.

SPA – Delhi is a good college.

Hi Lavanya,
Yes, Architecture is a really good course for females. There are many female architects who are have leading practices in India, I will try naming a few - Chitra Vishwanath, Revathi Kamath, Gita Balakrishnan, Tanya Khanna, Anika Mittal Dhawan, Gayathri Shetty, Azmi Wadia, Nithya Srinivasan, Nisha Mathew Ghosh, Apurva Bose Dutta, Nupur Shah, Poonam Verma Mascarenhas, Sonali Rastogi, Brinda Somaya, Didi Contractor, Lakshmi Chand Singh and many many more, I would have to write a big story if I have name all. Females have been very successful in Architecture.

BIT - Mesra, NIT - Trichy, Chandigarh College of Architecture and Manipal Institute of Technology are some good colleges for architecture.
You can check the below mentioned link:
https://engineering.shiksha.com/architecture-colleges-in-india-categorypage-2-60-1-0-0-1-1-2-none-1-0

Architecture today has the biggest market compared to everything else,since there is a lot of infrastructure needs to be built and there is a shortage of nearly 10 lakh architects. An Architect has a lot of career opportunities such as
Entrepreneurs
Architects (Junior/ Senior)
Furniture design
Photography
Construction& Community based volunteering
Infrastructure development
Graphic design
Set Design
Jewelry design
Advance research in Architecture
Faculty @ School of Architecture
History, Restoration and Preservation
Interior design
Product design
Landscape Design
Project/ Construction Management