Guru Nanak Dev University has been consistent in touching high peaks through its high quality education, research, cocurricular, and extra-cocurricular activities. Guru Ramdas School of Planning (GRDSP), one of the oldest departments in the university, is awarded with "Centre of Urban Planning for Capacity Building" by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India. A grant of Rs. 10 crore for two years will be received by the university to organise research and conduct training programmes.
GRDSP competed with about seventy plus Schools of Planning to earn the said Centre after rigorous presentations and defence. It is a known premier institute of Spatial Planning not only in north-west India but in the whole country for its high quality academics at UG and PG levels. Presently, it is imparting education in specialized programmes in Urban and Regional Planning at the UG level, and Urban Planning, Infrastructure Planning, and Transport Planning at the PG level. Its graduates are working at high positions in the public and corporate world.
