Parmeshwari Lal Verma

Parmeshwari Lal Verma
Born (1920-12-06)December 6, 1920
Punjab, India
Occupation Civil engineer
Known for Chandigarh city
Awards

Parmeshwari Lal Verma is an Indian civil engineer and a former chief engineer of Punjab.[1] He served as an associate of Le Corbusier, the Swiss-French architect, who designed the city of Chandigarh.[2][3] There have been reports that Le Corbusier wanted Verma to assist him even past his retirement from service for which Jawaharlal Nehru, the then prime minister of India, unsuccessfully requested the Government of Punjab for the extension of Verma's service.[4] His involvement in the making of Chandigarh has been documented in a book, Le Corbusier Rediscovered: Chandigarh and Beyond, in which he has written a special article.[5] The Government of India awarded him Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1971.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chandigarh History". Phantom Hands. 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  2. ↑ "Photographs of Pierre Jeanneret and others at Chandigarh, India". www.cca.qc.ca. 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  3. ↑ "P.L. Varma, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret". www.cca.qc.ca. 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  4. ↑ "How Modi Can Win Friends and Influence People". The Wire. December 4, 2015. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  5. ↑ "Architects of change". The Tribune. December 7, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Padma Awards". Padma Awards. Government of India. 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-17.

Further reading

  • Rajnish Wattas, Deepika Gandhi (2018). Le Corbusier Rediscovered : Chandigarh and beyond. India: Niyogi Books. ISBN 9385285858. OCLC 1014063541.
  • "P. Jeanneret with Dr Randhawa, P.L. Varma and other Architects". Canadian Centre for Architecture. 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2018-05-28.



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