IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE
It’s a strange irony. The Indian higher education universe is one of the largest in the world—populated by more than 1,000 universities and 40,000 colleges, with 248 new universities added in the past seven years—yet its universities remain way below their potential on global benchmarks. There is no doubt among all stakeholders that India’s higher education system needs urgent implementation of reform.
The blueprint has been ready for a while. On July 29, the
