Professor Uday Gadkari, president, Council of Architecture, is upset with corruption charges
Your take on schools with fake names on their faculty lists?
We are aware of it and now we have started asking for Form 16 and bank statements of the institutes to find out the exact number of their faculty. You will be surprised to know that in one of the cases, an institute provided us a forged Form 16. We have come across such cases and issued warnings to the institutes not to indulge in such practices.
Then why are you allowing schools to start every month?
The number of architects required is not sufficient. However, the approval norms are strictly verified.
Officials going on inspections are allegedly taking bribe...
There may be exceptions but the Council is vigilant.
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You are the president of the CoA and principal of a private institute in Pune. Isn’t this a conflict of interest situation?
Yes, but I hold both positions because the Council Act of 1972 allows this.
A former president was allegedly involved in granting approval to his own school in 12 hours. The CBI is probing the matter...
The matter is sub-judice. I have nothing to say on the issue.
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