Higher Education: quo vadis?

The central concern of this note is to examine the performance of Indian higher educational institutions (HEIs) with emphasis on state universities and to identify key sectors in education, governance and ethical domains that are key to the transformation of our higher education. As higher education has been evolving, the expectations of stakeholders are also changing and, therefore, diagnostic tools and benchmarks for institutions also need to be dynamic and innovative. Readers may note that some of the comments made here are applicable to the state universities, and not all HEIs.