School of Planning and architecture is a type of autonomous higher education institute.

It was established in the year 2008.
It is located in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.
It is affiliated by NASA; NOSPlan.

The director of School of Planning and Architecture Vijayawada is Mr Uday B. Desai.

He has received B. Tech. degree from IIT, Kanpur, India, in 1974, the M.S. degree from the State University of New York, Buffalo, in 1976, and the Ph.D. degree from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A., in 1979, all in Electrical Engineering.
He is the director of School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada since 1st September, 2015.
From 1979 to 1984 he worked as an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, U.S.A., and an Associate Professor at the same place from 1984 to 1987.
From 1987 to May 2009 he worked as a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the IIT - Bombay. He was Dean of Students at IIT-Bombay from Aug 2000 to July 2002.
He has held Visiting Associate Professor's position at Arizona State University, Purdue University, and Stanford University.
He is a senior member of IEEE, a Fellow of INSA (Indian National Science Academy), Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), and a Fellow of The Institution of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineers (IETE).
He is the beneficiary of J C Bose Fellowship.

Contact Information:
Professor Uday B. Desai
Director Incharge
School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada
Phone: +91-866-2469 444