Prof. Mansinh M. Rana

Prof. M.M. Rana has been Fellow of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation (U.S.A.) from 1947-51. He has also been Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects since 1970. From 1969-71, he was the Director of the Bureau of Public Enterprises Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India, New Delhi. He has served as Chief Architect to the New Delhi Municipal Council – 1972-74 as well as Chief Architect  to the ‘ Design Group’ and New Delhi  Redevelopment Advisory Committee appointed by the Government of India for Re-Development of New Delhi – 1974.  Prof. Rana was Chief Architect, Government of India between 1978-79.


He has been awarded the Civic Citation Award of “PADMA SHRI” in 1967 for his Design of Two Pavilions of India in New York and Montreal, Canada as well as for other Projects in New Delhi. Some of his well known projects include:

  • Bal Bhawan, New Delhi – 1953
  • The Buddha Jayanti Commemoration Park, New Delhi – 1956.
  • Transport Bhawan, New Delhi – 1958
  • ‘Shanti Vana’, Samadhi of late  Shri Jawahar Lal Nehru, First Prime Minister  of India-1964.
  • Gandhi Centenary Celebration Exhibition, across Raj Ghat, New Delhi – 1969.
  • ‘Amar Jyoti’ – at Rajghat – 1970.
  • ‘Jawahar Jyoti’ , Teen Murti House, New Delhi. 1964.
  • Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi 1973.
  • The Nehru Planetarium at Teen Murti House Complex, New Delhi -1980.
  • ‘Three Battles of Panipat’ . ‘Kala Amb’ Memorial, Panipat, Haryana – 1984.



Prof. Rana was the Founder Dean of the Sushant School of Art and Architecture in 1989. He is PATRON of the Lutyens Trust, London U.K. (1997) which was established to protect the spirit and substance of Lutyens’ greatest work of Planning and building the city of New Delhi including the Rastrapathi Bhawan and other major projects in Great Britain and Europe designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.  He is the only Indian and Architect to be a Patron of The Lutyens Trust. He is presently Dean-Emeritus of the Sushant School of Art & Architecture, Sector 55, Gurgaon.