India Partnerships Management

and Regulation

Pawan AgarwalTim Gore

The push - global universities

•Pursue global research•Global distribution of materials and programmes•Strong and diverse international student and staff demand •Close to global business•Impact on global issues and policy

Thomas, E, 2007

The Pull - Rationales for the Import of Foreign Provision

(1) improving the quality ofhuman resources; (2) upgrading the education system; (3) meeting the education demand ofthe country; (4) preventing brain drain; and (5) attracting foreign capital into education

Professor Sudhanshu Bhushan,

Address to CABE August 2009

Shri Sibal said that his Ministry was in the process of formulating the structure for an overarching body for higher education that would be responsible for higher education policy. He said that some of the proposals for higher education included complete autonomy to universities for devising courses, cross fertilization of courses, research oriented universities etc. He also said that he was open to the idea of Indian universities collaborating with foreign universities or with the corporate sector. He pointed out that the corporate sector was showing increasing interest in education as theyrequire trained manpower.

http://www.education.nic.in/Press/Rel310809.pdf

Oct 23rd 2009

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Kapil Sibalis leaving for the US tonight and will hold ministerial level talks with the US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. The two are likely to talk about greater collaboration in education between the two countries. The Minister, besides being accompanied by Ministry officials will also be accompanied by a FICCI delegation which includes academicians.During his visit, Shri Sibal holds discussions with the Presidents of theUniversities of Harvard, Boston, Yale, Duke, Georgetown, the President of New York Academy of Sciences, Mr. Ellis Rubenstein and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President, Dr. Susan Hockfield. The Minister will address the Harvard Community on 26th October, and the MIT Community on 27th October. At Yale University he will be given a presentation on “Strategies for Recruiting and Developing a World Class Faculty”.

http://www.education.nic.in/Press/Rel231009.pdf

October 15th India and the US are proposing to set up an India-US Education Council. This Council is slated to include representatives of Industry and Education. The Council will coordinate the moving forward of bilateral relations in education between the two countries. This was discussed during the meeting of the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Kapil Sibal and Mr. William Burns, the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, here today. This meeting was held in the backdrop of the forthcoming visit of the Prime Minister to the US in November and that of Shri Kapil Sibal later this month. The US delegation conveyed that many universities in America are keen to know India’s roadmap for the education sector. The areas of collaboration that the two sides are looking at include research, distant education, vocational education, skill development, exchange of faculty, models of public private partnership and also expertise for the setting up of universities.

http://www.education.nic.in/Press/Rel151009.pdf

Collaborative activity 2008

USA

Germany

Japan

UK

France

China

Canada

Australia

Teaching Research Students

Professor Sudhanshu Bhushan,

Professor Sudhanshu Bhushan,

India’s leading international research partners in the last decade

Papers collaborative with India Share (%) ofIndia Total1999-2003 2004-2008USA 6,725 USA 10,728 6.7Germany 2,667 Germany 4,284 2.7UK 2,137 UK 3,646 2.3Japan 1,908 Japan 3,017 1.9France 1,393 France 2,402 1.5Canada 927 South Korea 2,074 1.3Italy 822 China 1,665 1.0China 674 Canada 1,590 .98Australia 643 Australia1,338 .83Netherlands 563 Italy 1,309 .81South Korea 558 Switzerland 1,067 .66Taiwan 540 Taiwan 1,102 .63Switzerland 493 Russia 940 .58Russia 482 Netherlands 874 .54

http://science.thomsonreuters.com/m/pdfs/grr-India-oct09_ag0908174.pdf

International organizations collaborating frequently with India

Organization Country Number of co-authored papers

University of Tokyo Japan 686University of Texas USA 642Tohoku University Japan 639Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 534Korea University South Korea534Chinese Academy of Sciences China 533National Taiwan University Taiwan 466National University of Singapore Singapore429University of Melbourne Australia423University of Amsterdam Netherlands384

http://science.thomsonreuters.com/m/pdfs/grr-India-oct09_ag0908174.pdf

British higher education institutions are entering into collaborations with Indian universities in a big way as part of a 'new era' of internationalism, according to latest research. The collaborations are intended not only for joint delivery of courses but also joint research, curriculum development and student/staff exchange.India and China top the list of potential partners as British universities race to expand and deal with an increasingly competitive global higher education market. India leads the 'most wanted' list with 35 per cent of Universities reporting the country as a target, followed by China (29 per cent) and Africa (12 per cent). Eversheds 28th Oct 2009

UK Institution India Institution Award Title

Coventry University M S Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies

Corporate MSc (Engg) Programmes for the Indian Industry

Oxford Brookes University

Institute for International Management and Technology

Joint MSc Programme in International Management

University of Central Lancashire

The Dr D Y Patil Institute for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

Development of Joint BSc (Hons) programmes in Bioinformatics, Biotechnology and Biosciences

University of Leeds National Institute of Fashion Technology

Post Graduate Programme in Design in Fashion Space

Cranfield University Institute of Clinical Research Post Graduate Education in Clinical Research

The University of Manchester

TERI School of Advanced Studies

Certificate Programme on Regulation and Competition in Electricity Supply Industry

Bournemouth University

Jadavpur University To develop and deliver a Joint Master Degree Course in Advanced Software Engineering

Professor Sudhanshu Bhushan,

Curriculum Award Quality issues

Franchise F F ModerationTrainingCommunications

Articulation L then F L - sub F – full Recognition of first modules

Joint / Dual L & F L/F or L & F Complex

Campus F F or L/F Conflictual?

(1) The higher the level of complementarity between partners in aconsortium, the higher the level of performance of the consortium.

(2) The higher the level of compatibility between partners in a consortium,the higher the level of performance of the consortium

(Beerkens and Derwende 2007)

(Heffernan and Poole 2005)

critical to such relationships is the development of effective communication networks and structures, the building of trust between partners, and ongoing demonstrations of commitment to the relationship. While the importance of

strategies, reputations and resources cannot be downplayed, the key relationship-based factors of

communication, trust and commitment appear to be necessary requirements for the development and

maintenance of effective long-term relationships between universities and their offshore partners.

(Heffernan and Poole 2005)

A good communication strategy and a clear and

transparent organisation of a relatively stable nature support processesof socialisation in subunits of the

consortium which then will reflect onthe consortium as a whole.

(Beerkens and Derwende 2007)

Likely Issues

• ‘Good’ universities – fast tracking?

• Input measures vs outputs

• Deposit?

• Time lines

• Mode-specific issues

• Assumptions – campus vs partnerships

• Public vs private partners

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