| | 6 August 2017HIGHERReviewEditorialI can read an article written by an amateur writer. But, I cannot even imagine about living in an apartment that has been designed by an amateur architect ­ my building could fold in on itself the next time I close my bedroom and kitchen windows at the same time! Undoubtedly, architecture is a sophisticated field where education is incomplete without a practical approach to it. Today, with the proliferation of architecture colleges in the country, it has become hard for the newly established institutes to find qualified and experienced faculty members. As a result, young graduates of architecture, who have not been worked in the practical world, are teaching many architecture students across the country. This not only makes our students incompetent, but equally not qualified.The inclusion of such people in the teaching profession of architecture has definitely deteriorated the level of teaching. Unfortunately, this practice has already been adopted by many architecture colleges in India, as a mean of `cost-saving.' They should understand that this will `equally cost' the future generation of architects. If the authorities fail to look into this matter, it is obvious that the standards of architecture education will fall to such a state where the coming generation will take ages to pull it back to a certain level. Indeed, a country's potential, strength and safety lie in empowering its youth and developing institutions with a global and secular approach. As a developing nation, if we could achieve that, our youth will be able to fight the battle between their heart and mind. In this issue, we have listed `Top 10 Promising Architecture Colleges in India 2017,' which we think is a necessity for students across the country to identify the programmes that they need to choose if they are looking for a quality architecture education. On the cover, we feature B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent University and Satish Misal Educational Foundation's Brick Group of Institutes, which are providing unprecedented architecture education to the youth of the country. Enjoy Reading. Sarath ShyamManaging Editorsarath@thehighereducationreview.comThe Art of Structures Vol 5 · Issue 7 · August - 2017Publisher & Editor Alok ChaturvediManaging Editor Sarath Shyam Editorial Team Amrutha Ram Sneha Choudhury Raman Balakrishnan Prisila S Emmanuel Christi Das Editorial Queries Sales & Advertisement Advertisement queries Office To Subscribe Visit www.thehighereducationreview.com/subscription or send email to subscription@thehighereducationreview.comCover price is Rs. 150 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of BizprintMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murigheshpalya, Bangalore-560017.Copyright © 2017 BizprintMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.Prathyoosh.K.Shajiadvertise@thehighereducationreview.comNo.124, 2nd Floor, South Block, Surya Chambers, Airport Main Road, Bangalore 560017 Tel: 080-46441103T: 080-46441192editor@thehighereducationreview.comCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalGM Sales & Marketing Monisha RavinarayanGroup Art Director Ashok KumarSr. Visualizer MaitreyeeVisualizers Vimalraj M Siva Sankar Sheethal M S Mohana krishnanHigherEducationReviewHIGHERReview
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