Brookings India Column: Higher Education in India

On Dec 9, 2013, Experts in higher education converged at Brookings India to discuss some of the most pressing challenges confronting the sector. The panel – comprising Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shashi Tharoor; Principal of Somverville College at the University of Oxford, Alice Prochaska; and the Vice Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University, C. Raj Kumar – generated many interesting insights and ideas.

The four key points that were raised were:

 Ensure that quality is a focus when capacity is expanded
 Align learning in institutions with skills desired by the job market
 Make research a priority in academic institutions
 Impose stronger entry restrictions for private institutions, but reduce regulations that impede functioning

You can watch the video of the discussion here:

This is courtesy of Brookings India.