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Valuable resource for a progressive policy for higher education in India by Jagdish Arora in University News, 3-7 August 2009
A guide to reforms by C. T. Kurien in Frontline 15-28 August, 2009
Boost research productivity by D. Murali (recommnds imperative study) in Businessline, 20 July 2009
Understanding education by N.N. Ramachandran in Free Press Journal, Mumbai, 6 September 2009
A lifetime of confusion by Meha Mathur in Management Compass
Indian Higher education in Times of India, New Delhi, 24 August 2009
Higher Education - Understanding the Issues, by Uday Balakrishnan in Yojana, September 2009 Issue
Mountain of data, missing vision by V. Vasanthi Devi, The Hindu, 13 October 2009
When will we ever learn by Bina Berry in the Business World, 9 November 2009
Insiders View on challenges in higher education by Uday Balakrishnan in the Economic and Political weekly 21 November 2009
Missed opportunity by Binu S. Thomas in the Educationworld, November 2009
Relevant in context and content by Jayant Kher in Business India, Mumbai, 10 January 2010
Book Review by Professor P. Rama Rao in CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 98, NO. 3, 10 February 2010
Quiet crisis of a sick child by Prof. Ramesh Dave in Media Mimansha, January-March 2010
Book Review by Nayanjot Lahiri in the Times Higher Education, 8 April 2010
Book Review by Radhika Iyengar of Teachers College, Columbia University in the Current Issues in Comparative Education, Volume 12 (2), Spring 2010
Q&A
Guru Mantra: Pawan Agarwal, Author, DrEducation: Diagnosing Indian Education, Rahul Choudaha’s Blog
My tryst with higher education in Indian Fulbrighter, August 2009
Let’s talk reforms, Interview in Deccan Herald, 24 September 2009
Reference
Passage to India by Elizabeth Redden in Inside Higher Ed, 6 August 2009
In defense of Sibal by Bibek Debroy, Indian Express 17 July 2009
Ground Realities Missing, Mr Sibal by Hari Jaisingh in PowerPolitics
What recent moves in India could mean doe American Higher Education by Shailaja Neelakantan, Chronicle of Higher Education 17 July 2009
Higher education: How to clean the mess by Raj Chengappa India Today 13 July 2009
India Struggles to become a destination for foreign students by Shailaja Neelakantan, Chronicle of Higher Education 10 July 2009
Bombay dreams by Phil Baty in Times Higher Education Supplement 9 July 2009
Abolish to create by Payal Shah in Statesman, Delhi, 29 September 2009
Recent articles by the author
Indian higher education: yet another ‘two box disease’ as ICRIER Ink 1 August 2009
Of education and regulation in Mint 14 July 2009
Vocation, not education in Mint 11 June 2009
Legally Non-profit, For-profit in Reality in Business Today, 20 September 2009
Aligning Higher Education with the Labour Market in Yojana, September 2009
Can higher education in India break from its past in The Chronicle of Higher Education on 24 January 2010
India: New directions for private higher education in International Higher Education, Number 58, Winter 2010
Country’s new law on accreditation in the University News, January 25-31, 2010, Vol 48, No.04
India: Rapid growth but misalignment, University World News, Issue 127, 6 June 2010
India's New Law on Foreign Providers on ‘The World View’, Inside Higher Ed, 24 June 2010
Parth Shah, President, Centre for Civil Society
Ajay Bohora, Credila, Education Loan company
Sushma Berlia, President, Apeejay Education Society
Professor Rajeev Sangal, Director, IIIT, Hyderabad
Bharat Gulia, Ernst & Young
Praise of ICRIER Working paper 180
Parth Shah
The book sets new standards for higher education research and offers evidence-based policy ideas, something quite lacking in the whole debate on higher education reform.
Sushma Berlia
I appreciate efforts in thoroughly analysing the various facets of higher education, and I must say that the book has come out quite well, covering the policies, programs and practices in Higher Education, both at the Institutional, National & International level, in meticulous detail. The book also presents a comprehensive survey of all aspects and dimensions of Indian higher education today and provides detailed analyses of the reform and changes that have taken place in Indian higher education over the past six decades.
Through this book, you have effectively brought out a detailed coverage on the size, structure and growth of Indian higher education, the problems of access and equity, the role of private sectors and the emergence of new education providers in higher education. Most importantly, financing and management of higher education, issues of governance in institutions of higher learning, research & development, translational provision of higher education in India, along with trends in both inward and outward student mobility, skill migration, mobility of professionals, cross-border trade, investment issues, and overall implication of internationalization on quality assurance and accreditation have also been brought out in detail.
The issues of regulations, the role of regulatory bodies and its overall implication on the growth, functioning and autonomy of higher education institution has been thoroughly brought out. I fully agree with you that in the education sector, their role should be to regulate quality, not growth of supply. The suggested measures would help to tackle its various systemic deficiencies and provide a direction for change in policies related to regulatory framework of higher education.
I am impressed by your in-depth analysis on the workforce and skill development, the issues of skill shortages, vocational education, the demand supply gap, constraints and challenges and various initiatives initiated at different level to overcome it, which have also been brought out in detail along with the international experiences, would provide a direction for change in policies related to vocational education and skill development.
I am sure that the Book would be well received by all the stakeholders, policy makers in higher education, and would help to re-examine the problems and provide realistic solutions.
Ajay Bohora
The book is outstanding in the depth of research, extraordinary in the perspectives, excellent in combining the global best practices, while taking the Indian perspective backed by current ground realities of the Indian education system. The book provides an overview of the complex structure of the Indian higher education and gives insight into the problems faced by it. The book is well structured and its presentation is lucid. It covers a large spectrum of issues relating to higher education. It contains valuable and relevant national and international data. The book is distinct contribution to stimulating further discussions and beneficial actions.
Professor Rajeev Sangal
Let me congratulate you on the marvelous book you have written which is comprehensive in its coverage of the general issues as well as the different imperatives through which the Indian education system has passed. It also places the system within the international setting. I learnt a lot from it. It has allowed me to place my own ideas in a larger perspective. A big thank you…..
Bharat Gulia
The book is extremely well researched and reflects an academic rigor rarely seen in Indian publications. It is well written, combining lucid prose with strong analysis backed by a wealth of factual data. A well thought through point-of-view emerges as you read the chapters smoothly steering the facts and analysis into an opinion. I have over the past few months spend time researching the Indian Higher Education segment and have not come across such a well researched and rounded perspective. It certainly would emerge as a defining publication for practitioners as well as researchers.
Praise for the author’s work
It is first-rate…well written and organized…, it gives the empirical overview…yet also does so in nice int'l perspective, gives both a macro/aggregate vision and shows variation. In short this ranks in my judgment among the top of recent single-country higher education system reports.
– Prof. Daniel C. Levy, PROPHE Director and Distinguished Professor, University of Albany, SUNY
…besides the ideas, arguments and suggestions contained, it is virtually a reservoir of precious data that will be immensely useful for everyone, who may be interested in understanding the state of higher education in India as well as the global trend.
– Prof. V.C. Kulandaiswamy, Former VC, IGNOU and 2 other universities
…comprehensive and solid work. Best overall discussion of higher education in India in some years.
– Prof. Philip G. Altbach, Director, Centre for International Higher Education, Boston College
…outstanding document.
– Prof. P. Rama Rao, Chairman, IIT Review Committee, Formerly Secretary (DST) & VC (Hyderabad University)
…this will be a very valuable base on which to build a progressive and forward looking policy on higher education.
– Prof. P. Balaram, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
…paper has come out at a very appropriate time, when policy makers, academics, students and their parents and the community at large are looking for solutions in a sector….. useful base document for opening a fresh debate on HE policy.
– Mr. B. S. Baswan, Former Education Secretary, Government of India
…paper is well structured. It covers a large spectrum of issues relating to higher education. It contains valuable and relevant national and international data. ….… presentation is lucid. ……. paper will be a distinct contribution to stimulating further discussions and beneficial actions
– Prof. M. Anandakrishnan, Chairperson, Madras Institute of Development Studies
It is indeed an excellent, comprehensive paper with some thought provoking recommendations.
– Dr. Shashi K. Shrivastava, Senior Education Specialist for the South Asia Region (World Bank) |
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