Application of software skills_ an appurtenance to futuristic architectural studios & pedagogy

Architectural students devote five years in academics to acquirethe pieces of knowledge necessary for B.Arch degree in India. The brainstorming studio-works and variety of theories as per the syllabus are purposive inpreparing students for their professional endeavors. This explicable academic stratagem seems to be lacking in prepending digital chapter as an appendant to design studio effectually. It's been observed that the students are predominantly becoming reliant on external help for software skills as they have the cognizance of the digital precedence and competitiveness to achieve desirability in practice.This paper analyses the necessity for the integration of software skills in architectural design studios. This way the students won’t have to invest in external specialists for the development of the skill which the future demands from them already. When institutes dream to produce ready professionals for the future, letting the students pass out without proper software skills would be negligence from the same side. Developing software skills requires time which is riding on the chariot of knowledge, intelligence, dedication and expert help. This is high time to hold the rope of this chariot and make this a part of our academic calendar from the initial Design assignments. To check the lucidity, a survey has been conducted among the architectural students and the feedbacks were analyzed before concluding.