law: The Architects Act, 1972.
  14.Recognition qualifications granted by
  
  authorities in India.- 
  (1) The qualifications included in the
  
  Schedule or notified under section 15 shall be recognized qualifications for
  
  the purposes of this Act.
  (2) Any authority in India which grants an
  
  architectural qualification not included in the Schedule may apply to the
  
  Central Government to have such qualification recognized, and the Central
  
  Government, after consultation with the Council, may, by notification in the
  
  Official Gazette. Amend the Schedule so as to include such qualification
  
  therein, and any such notification may also direct that an entry shall be made
  
  in the Schedule against such architectural qualification declaring that it
  
  shall be a recognized qualification only when granted after a specified date :
  Provided that until the first Council is
  
  constituted, the Central Government shall, before issuing any notification as
  
  aforesaid, consult an expert committee consisting of three members to be
  
  appointed by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette.