Basic Biographical Details Name: | Vishwa Nath Prasad | Designation: | | Born: | 23 December 1909 | Died: | | Bio Notes: | Vishwa Nath Prasad was born on 23 December 1909 and studied at the Sir J J School of Arts in Bombay, receiving his diploma in 1932 and achieving an exemption from the RIBA intermediate exam. He then moved to Edinburgh where he studied at the College of Art and obtained a further diploma in June 1934, along with an exemption from the RIBA final exam. He was admitted ARIBA on 20 July 1936, his proposers being John Begg, Frank Charles Mears and Stanley Davenport Adshead. His nomination papers state that prior to that time he had spent 14 months in a civil engineer's office in India and seven months in a town planning firm in London, and they give his business address as the Department of Town Planning, Edinburgh College of Art and his home as 1 Millerfield Place, Melville Drive, Edinburgh. In about 1950 Prasad was Architect and Town Planner to the Giovernment of Bihar, PWD Patna, India.
Prasad was UN Regional Planner in the Philippines in the early 1970s, and was working in Delhi by 1977. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 1, Millerfield Place, Melville Drive, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1936 * | | | | Dept of Town Planning, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1936 * | | | | Phillipines | Business | 1970s * | | | | Delhi, India | Business | 1977 * | | | | 4-7, Green Park, New Delhi, India | Private/business(?) | Before 1979 | After 1994 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
RIBARIBA Proposers
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1979 | Directory of members | | | | | RIBA | 1987 | RIBA Directory of Members 1987 | | | | | RIBA | 1994 | A Directory of RIBA Members | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | A no 6084 (combined box 118) |
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