Institution Building in Higher Education:IIMK&AU Experiences

India has the honor of establishing world-class institutions of higher education thousands of years ago. But this glory succumbed to the colonization. It is urgent to revive the past glory of our institutions of higher education. We need to focus on institution building processes and practices which can facilitate the shaping of the institutions of excellence. Institution building practices of higher education are different from the industry practices. The current paper examines institution building at two institutions of India: Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIMK) and Ahmedabad University (AU). The first author has been the former Director, IIMK & First Provost (Vice Chancellor), AU.