I dont think the absence of the Geshe title makes him any less of a scholar. Geshe Keslang Gyatso has already achieved the Geshe rank, and its not just by name as he has the practices and knowledge to back him up. So just because the monastery decided to be pro Dalai Lama and tells everyone he is not a Geshe anymore, it does not take away his attainments and knowledge as a Geshe. How could that even be logically possible, for a monastery to take away someone's attainments just by taking away their status? These NKT detractors really have too much time and hatred to spout such nonsense.