 However, the administration of all SPAs and the overall strategy of SPAs is overseen by the SPA council.The SPA Council is headed by India's Minister of Human Resource Development and consists of the chairpersons and directors of all SPAs and senior officials from the MHRD.The beginning of the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi date back to the year 1941, as a Department of Architecture of the Delhi Polytechnic of Delhi University (now Delhi Technological University).