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The government has to free India's top 50 institutions across all disciplines from the iron grip of UGC and AICTE. The institutions must be given the freedom to devise their own course curriculum. After all they have the best subject experts.

Affirmative action, especially in the form of reservation policies, to address the issues of inclusion and equity has been in place in India for a long time. The available evidence suggests that the policies of reservation have not been an unqualified success. Indeed, implementation of the reservation policies has faced a variety of issues ranging from problems of identifying the beneficiary groups and the creamy layer to legal interpretation of

This paper offers a comparative study of India and China in higher-education reforms for the development of talent in artificial intelligence (AI), and in AI research. It analyses the AI development plans and strategies of the two countries, their automation readiness index, talent retention, and research output. The analysis is based on both primary and secondary sources including interviews, government and industry reports, and recognised ranki

Only by combining both AI and communities will higher education be relevant and prepare students for the adventures of the fourth industrial revolutio

Even if a single student is left behind, the move to online teaching will remain unfair. In the longer term, the Central and state governments must co

It’s a challenge to address the social hierarchy of vocational education where, for example, in the medical profession, doctors enjoy a higher statu

Amb M Rasgotra, International Affairs Adviser, Observer Research Foundation, and former Foreign Secretary of India, was invited as Chief Guest at the Convocation of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lnaka, held on June 23, 2005. The complete text of his Convocation Address is reproduced below:

India needs to rethink and redesign its strategies in some of the major goals...precisely the ones it has fared poorly in the Times Higher Education r

The Ministry of Human Resource Development in late June floated the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill, 2018, to repeal the seven-decade-old University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956. The HECI, when established, will replace the UGC that has been the bedrock of India’s higher education system. This brief analyses the draft bill and examines its deficiencies. It suggests that the present bill fails to address the shortcomings of

This paper explores how an individual's participation in higher education is dependent on her religious affiliations, socio-economic status and demographic characteristics.

Internationalisation of higher education as part of key second generation reform is a long overdue since the country went for the pathbreaking economi

Popularity of India as an education destination for Bhutanese students is a reference-point for close bilateral ties. Today, as many as one third of Bhutan's student population are pursuing higher education in India,

It is quite perplexing that the government has secured all the premium schemes only for the top of the pyramid institutes that constitute only about 2

The NEP panel report has both advantages and disadvantages — balancing them in the final policy statement is only one aspect of it.

‘Study in India’ ticks all the boxes, but without urgent systemic reforms, internationalisation of India’s higher education will remain a distan

In May 2023, India’s University Grants Commission announced draft guidelines to allow foreign universities to establish operations in the country. This paper explores the potential outcomes of the decision by assessing the experiences of foreign institutions in China, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, and Malaysia. The case studies highlight that only a few world-class universities are keen to establish campuses in foreign countries. As su

India’s efforts to bring world-class education to Africa can have far-reaching impacts. It will boost local economy, attract investments and foster a culture of innovation.

The year 2021 saw a slew of measures being adopted for the implementation of the NEP, with differing results at the early and higher education levels

Access to higher education has been a long-standing policy concern in India. Reservation for different social groups at the central and the state levels has been a typical policy response.

The unemployment rate is now around 10.1 per cent in the rural areas and 9.4 per cent across the nation. This means that around 40 to 50 million youth are without jobs. Unless they are given proper training, and higher education, they will not be fit to join the service sector or the manufacturing sector.

While the concept of UG research is fairly new in India, it is now taken as a given in many parts of the world.

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India and the UK have a history of commitment to further educational ties as India is one of the biggest contributors to the British Higher Education system. As of 2019-2020, there are over 53,000 Indians enlisted in the UK educational institutions.

How does the interim budget impact some of the most critical facets of the Indian economy?

How does the interim budget impact some of the most critical facets of the Indian economy?

India’s demographic dividend will pay off only if the youth are either enrolled in higher education programmes or made job-ready with effective skil

Despite the recent ruling by the US Supreme Court, many believe that the overturning of race-based admissions would have a limited impact on existing

India has the third largest higher education system in the world, and is behind only the US and China in this area. Our higher educational institutions churn out around 2.5 million graduates every year. However, this caters to just about 10 per cent of India’s youth and the quality of this output is considered below par.

There is reluctance in offering absolute autonomy to institutes in something as basic as issuing degrees. When it comes to financial autonomy, it is a

The decade that began on January 1 will be Africa's decade. Unprecedented opportunities are opening up for India-Africa cooperation in Africa's rise in several areas, notably higher education, industrialisation and agriculture.

उच्चशिक्षणाच्या क्षेत्रात प्रवेशाचे प्रमाण दुपटीने वाढवण्यासोबतच, दर्जात्मक उच्चशिक्षणाची हमी मिळणेही आवश्यक आहे. 

‘टाइम्स हायर एज्युकेशन’च्या यादीत भारताला स्थान मिळाले नाही. त्यामुळे आपल्याला शैक्षणिक गुणवत्ता उंचावण्यासाठी धोरणांची पुनर्बांधणी करणे निकडीचे आहे.

आफ्रिकेमध्ये जागतिक दर्जाचे शिक्षण आणण्याचे जोरदार प्रयत्न भारताने सुरू केले आहे त्याचे भविष्यात दूरगामी परिणाम दिसू शकतात. त्यातून स्थानिक अर्थव्यवस्थेला चालना मिळ�

अमेरिकी सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाने अलीकडेच निर्णय दिलेला असला तरी, अनेकांचा विश्वास आहे की, वंश-आधारित प्रवेश रद्द केला असला तरी विद्यमान विविधतेला प्रोत्साहन देणाऱ्या उपक्�