Internationalising Indian Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward

This paper examines the higher education system in India together with its status regarding internationalisation, and presents the case for the higher education sector in India to embrace internationalisation.Starting with an overview of the academic literature around the concepts of globalisation a...

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Published in:Space and culture, India India, 2017-06, Vol.5 (1), p.25-35
Main Author: Rajkhowa, Gautam
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cross-Border Higher Education
Internationalisation
Internationalising Indian Higher Education
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Summary:This paper examines the higher education system in India together with its status regarding internationalisation, and presents the case for the higher education sector in India to embrace internationalisation.Starting with an overview of the academic literature around the concepts of globalisation and internationalisation, and their interrelationship particularly in the context of higher education, the paper focuses on the specific issues of Indian higher education especially within the context of internationalisation. Reviewing the current landscape of the Indian higher education sector, the paper concludes that, in the context of a globally connected world, higher education in India is characterised by asymmetry in flows and unclear policies. Recommending that the internationalisation strategy focuses on the four strands of student and programme mobility; infrastructure and policy support; development of research capability; and the employment of technology as an enabler, the paper concludes that a clear approach to internationalisation would offer the potential to secure India a formidable global standing in higher education.
ISSN:2052-8396
2052-8396
DOI:10.20896/saci.v5i1.259