ref: http://mail.architexturez.net/+/In-Enaction/archive/msg04207.shtml
ref: http://coa.gov.in/acts/regulation1983.htm

After the termination of Rajan Lakule’s appointment as principal of JJ  
School of Architecture last month, the difficulty faced by city  
students’ in acquiring a PhD degree in architecture has been  
highlighted again.
Lakule, appointed by the University of Mumbai as principal of the  
institution, got the job by producing a fake PhD certificate. However,  
the reality is that there is probably no qualified doctorate professor  
in the city, as there aren’t enough guides.

There are 11 architecture colleges in the city, and none has a  
principal on board. Most run with an in-charge principal who must  
simultaneously handle professorial duties.
Subhash Karekar, the in-charge principal at IES College of  
architecture and now a professor at Rizvi College, said, “There are  
very few PhD holders —  a handful in the country and maybe two or  
three in the state. It is difficult to get guides in architecture.  
There is a serious dearth of PhD holders.”

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