entry of foreign universities in india an opportunity or a threat

Dr. K.B. Praveena ASST. PROFESSOR IN EDUCATION (PG)

Hamid Mohammad Azimi

RESEARCH SCHOLAR

UNIVERSITY OF MYSOREDEPARTMENT OF STUDIES

IN EDUCATIONMANASAGANGOTRI ,

570006 ,MYSOREKarnataka India

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Title of Presentation:

Entry of Foreign Universities in India: an Opportunity or a Threat

Submitted to:

M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Management8th March, 2013 2

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Entry of Foreign Universities in India

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Higher Education System of India

• Central Universities 20

• State Universities 217

• Deemed Universities 104

• Institutions 5

• Private Universities 6

• Degree and post-graduate colleges 18,064

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India has the third largest higher education system in the world

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India already has world class educational institutions like IITs, IIMs, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences; etc.

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One of the reasons for the phenomenal success of

the IITs and the IIMs was the assistance they got

from reputed foreign universities.

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• United States get $16 billion dollars through education.

• Australia, Singapore, United Kingdom and other advanced countries earn huge sum in the education sector. Education is the second largest foreign exchange earner in these countries.

• On the contrary India sends 1,60,000 students every year to United States and attracts only 9000 students from all over the world

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The recent London Times Higher Education Supplement ranking of the world's top 200 universities included :

• three in China,

• three in Hong Kong,

• three in South Korea,

• one in Taiwan,

• and one in India (Indian Institute of Technology)

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China is providing access to large numbers of students at the bottom of the academic system while at the same time building some research-based universities that are able to compete with the world's best institutions.

China in particular is heavily investing in improving its best universities with the aim of making a small group of them world class in the coming decade, and building them as internationally competitive research universities.13

INTEREST OF FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES IN INDIA

Nearly 50 proposals from foreign universities including:

are expected to be waiting for the Government’s clearance.14

HBS is keen to find permanent premises for its executive education programs instead of conducting classes at five-star hotels in prominent Indian cities.

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ADVANTAGES

STOPS BRAIN DRAIN

MORE RESEARCH WORK

BETTER OPPORTUNITIES

NO EFFECT ON INDIAN CULTURE AND ETHOS

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...ADVANTAGES

LESS EXPENSIVE

WILL RAISE THE INDIAN

EDUCATION STANDARDS

EMPLOYMENT

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DISADVANTAGES

MISS THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE

VESTED INTERESTS OF

FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES

NOT A MAGIC WAND

CRAZE OF FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES 19

BARRIERS TO ENTRY OF FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES IN INDIA

Land acquisition issues Labour issues No certainty in Sibal’s statements Profit repatriation The costs of setting a campus Going abroad is an education in itself 20

Academic Collaborations

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... Academic Collaborations

Research Collaborations

Faculty Exchange Programs

Host Institution 1) RESEARCH ONLY

2) TEACHING

3) GUEST LECTURER

• Visiting Faculty

• Student Exchange Programs 22

.....It may be much better for India to explore the possibility of collaborating, cooperating and exchanging programs with institutions abroad, rather than ...

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