Higher Education Crisis in India – Affordability Challenge
In this wonderful piece, Atul Thakur writes about why most Indians cannot afford higher education without aid. The appropriate graphics detailing demographics, the financial pressure on students to either exit or wait for some form of scholarship, grant, loan or
Emerging Economies’ University Rankings 2020: IISc, BLR in Top 20
The Times Higher Education World Emerging Economies' University Rankings 2020 have had China, India and Brazil with most number of representations. China with 81, India with 56 and Brazil with 46 Universities listed in the top rankings. However Russia, Taiwan
IIT D and IIT B Enter Top 50 World Univ Ranking
For the first time, IIT Delhi and IIT Mumbai have broken into the Top 50 World University Ranking by subject in Engineering and Technology categories, securing 47th and 44th rank respectively. Also for the first time, 5 Indian universities have made
What will make Indian Universities World-class?
It appears the GoI is working on an overhaul of the higher education institutes to put them on a path to becoming world-class instiitutes. The first step was a definition of the New Education Policy in 2019 and taking off
Big Trends in global Higher Education Sector
The global Higher Education sector is a very large and diverse market with each its own challenges, specialities and uniqueness, depending on target courses and establishment. However it is not diffuclt to identity the classic big trends that are shaping the
FDI in Higher Education Could Stop brain drain from India
As FDI opportunities are opening up in India, further to the Government opening up the channel, hopes are rising about the obvious benefits. As global educational institutes of repute start engaging with Indian universities and automomous colleges for more strategic