“The exchange programme is a platform, a laboratory to train architects. Despite the restrictions, eminent people from across the globe have been able to connect with the students and share their expertise, with no restrictions of time, space and the response of the students has been amazing. An architecture needs technology and this link will grow. CCA has collaborated with its coveted Roll of Honours graduates through a digital mode to share their journey and personal experiences and to motivate the current students as their mentors on the CCA website,” adds Dr Bagga.
During Covid-19 lockdown, says Dr Bagga, CCA was the first professional institution in Chandigarh to conduct online thesis juries for BArch and MArch thesis and award degrees to the graduates. “We began the Master’s programme in 2018 and were the first in the country to do an exit examination with great success. The students worked on the subject of the pandemic for their final thesis submissions, looking at