architecture colleges in india

Choosing architecture as the course of study has been the new hippie in the last 5-7 years in India. It is another 5-7 years that it is going to retain that hippie status before being talked about only the face value such as infrastructure deficit in India, rising housing needs etc. Over 300 institutions are offering architectural education in India. The sad thing about this course is that in a nation where people are taught only to dream about the IITs and IIMs and the AIIMS, architecture is yet to find mainstream buyers, i.e the cream is continuing to look into engineering and management courses for education and profession.