Overview

This volume emphasizes the need for fundamental reforms into the existing institutional structure of higher education and their governance so as to infuse much needed dynamism and renewed sense of purpose in the higher education sector in India. The contributors to the volume argue that universities ought to be dynamic institutions where new ideas are exchanged, mistakes made, and lessons learnt. The contributors highlight the fact that the university system in India is based upon a bureaucratic command and control system that constrains the freedom and liberty required for academic pursuit, and disallows flourishing of academic cultures in tandem with the changing demands of India's economy and democracy. This process of learning and constantly reinventing is not possible, if regulations are made with the purpose of exercising control leading to obstacles and hindrances for institution building. The only way for Indian universities to change, the contributors believe, is to expand autonomy, so that universities can find their own space within India. Promoting excellence in Indian universities is not just a goal that is worthy of pursuing, but the authors argue, a policy imperative that needs to be achieved.

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Author:   C. Raj Kumar (Vice Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University)
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.710kg
ISBN:  

9780199480654

ISBN 10:   0199480656
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   27 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Dedication Virander S. Chauhan: Foreword Acknowledgements Preface C. Raj Kumar: Introduction PART I: Indian Universities: Imaginations, Aspirations and Expectations 1: C. Raj Kumar: The Future of Higher Education in India 2: Shiv Visvanathan: An Invitation to a Thought Experiment: Quality, Diversity and the Epistemics of University 3: Indira Parikh: The Future of Indian Universities: Voices from within Beckoning for the Future 4: Madhava Menon: The Indian University in a Comparative Perspective 5: Pawan Agarwal: Strategic Management of Expansion of Higher Education in India: Key Policy Interventions for Change 6: Pramath Raj Sinha: Building New Institutions of Excellence in India: Three Case Studies of Innovation PART II: Indian Higher Education in a Comparative Perspective: Policy, Regulation and Management 7: Francis Julian: Future of Indian Universities: Need for a Liberalized Legal Regime 8: Kanti Bajpai: Global Competitiveness, Privatization, Dignified Spaces, and Curricular Reform in Indian Higher Education 9: Stephen P. Marks: Challenges of Knowledge Creation for Indian Universities 10: Barbara Harris-White: Science-Policy Interfaces in an Era of Global Commodification 11: Ahmedabad Shailendra Mehta: Creating Educational Excellence: The Role of Culture at the Indian Institute of Management 12: Y.S.R. Murthy: Challenges of Creating a World-class Global Private University in India: Perspective of an Administrator 13: Anamika Srivastava: Deconstructing the Discourse on University Social Responsibility PART III: Pedagogy of Interdisciplinarity: Law, Humanities and Global Studies in India 14: Yugank Goyal: The Phoenix of Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education 15: Alice Prochaska: The Role of Humanities in a University Education 16: Carol M. Bresnahan: The Liberal Arts in the American Context: What India Can Learn from Western Liberal Education 17: R. Sudarshan: Public Policy as a Practice 18: Sreeram Chaulia: Global Studies in Indian Universities: Past Imperfect, Future Circumspect 19: Sital Kalantry: Clinical Legal Education and Democracy in India Index About the Editor and Contributors

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The Future of Indian Universities is a timely and valuable contribution on India's higher education sector. * Pushkar, The International Centre Goa, Goa, Pacific Affairs *

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C. Raj Kumar is Vice Chancellor at O.P. Jindal Global University; and Dean of Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat, Haryana (NCR of Delhi), India.

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