The Ahmedabad Education Society (AES) established the Centre for Environment Planning & Technology (CEPT) in the year 1962 with the starting of School of Architecture (SA) through grant-in-aid from Government of Gujarat.The School of Planning (SP) was established in 1972 with financial support from Government of India (MHRD),Government of Gujarat and Ford Foundation.The other schools;School of Building Science and Technology (SBST) and School of Interior Design (SID) were established in 1982 and 1991 respectively with grant-in-aid from Government of Gujarat.Initially CEPT was established and run by Ahmedabad Education Society (AES).In the year 1994,a separate trust and a society CEPT Society was formed.CEPT is registered as a Society and Public Charitable Trust.CEPT has been registered under the Societies whether Registered Society/ Company/Others Registration Act 1860 with the Asst.Registrar of Societies, Ahmedabad Region, Ahmedabad,vide Registration No.Guj/4185/ Ahmedabad dated 24 Jan 1994.