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Globalizing Higher Education in India : Brain Drain in Reverse – A Review


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1 Assistant Professor - International Business & Finance & * Head, Department of Marketing & IB, Amity Business School, Amity University Campus, Sector -125, Noida - 201 303, India
2 Associate Professor, Amity International Business School, Amity University, Noida, India
3 Assistant Professor - Marketing, Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management, Shillong - 793 014, Meghalaya, India
     

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India's bold initiative “Educate in India," announced in May 2015 to attract international students and make India a quality higher education hub in Asia is closely linked to Prime Minister Modi's other initiatives namely “Make in India," “Digital India," “Skill India," “Start-up India," “Stand-up India,” and “Swatch Bharat” (clean India), all aimed towards empowering India and making it a global economic superpower. The initiative recognizes the fact that despite being among the world's youngest countries, India will not be able to reap its demographic dividend if its higher education remains in its current dismissal state. India aspires to transition from having the second highest student population leaving its shores to study abroad to becoming a premier educational destination attracting more international students to its shores. The paper reviewed the current status of India in the global higher education sector, recognized the benefits of globalizing higher education, and identified some of the prerequisites required to internationalize. Drawing inspiration from the experience of Asian countries like Singapore, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, it is expected to encourage more debate and future research on ways to attract a higher proportion of international students to India. If India is able to provide the capacity and quality required for its expanding young population while also competing globally to attract inbound international students, then the 'Educate in India' initiative will truly complement other initiatives. While the Govt. of India has already embarked on the journey, a lot more needs to be done to “liberalize, privatize, and globalize” higher education in India to attract and retain international students.

Keywords

Higher Education, Tertiary Education, Educate in India, Service Quality in Higher Education, International Student Satisfaction, Higher Education Quality, International Students in India, Cross-Border Higher Education, International Mobility in Higher Education

F20, F29, F60, F63, H00, I00, I20, I23, I28, I29, H80

Paper Submission Date : November 20, 2015 ; Paper sent back for Revision : May 23, 2016 ; Paper Acceptance Date : September 26, 2016.

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Authors

Bandana Chadha
Assistant Professor - International Business & Finance & * Head, Department of Marketing & IB, Amity Business School, Amity University Campus, Sector -125, Noida - 201 303, India
R. S. Rai
Associate Professor, Amity International Business School, Amity University, Noida, India
Anurag Dugar
Assistant Professor - Marketing, Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management, Shillong - 793 014, Meghalaya, India

Abstract


India's bold initiative “Educate in India," announced in May 2015 to attract international students and make India a quality higher education hub in Asia is closely linked to Prime Minister Modi's other initiatives namely “Make in India," “Digital India," “Skill India," “Start-up India," “Stand-up India,” and “Swatch Bharat” (clean India), all aimed towards empowering India and making it a global economic superpower. The initiative recognizes the fact that despite being among the world's youngest countries, India will not be able to reap its demographic dividend if its higher education remains in its current dismissal state. India aspires to transition from having the second highest student population leaving its shores to study abroad to becoming a premier educational destination attracting more international students to its shores. The paper reviewed the current status of India in the global higher education sector, recognized the benefits of globalizing higher education, and identified some of the prerequisites required to internationalize. Drawing inspiration from the experience of Asian countries like Singapore, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, it is expected to encourage more debate and future research on ways to attract a higher proportion of international students to India. If India is able to provide the capacity and quality required for its expanding young population while also competing globally to attract inbound international students, then the 'Educate in India' initiative will truly complement other initiatives. While the Govt. of India has already embarked on the journey, a lot more needs to be done to “liberalize, privatize, and globalize” higher education in India to attract and retain international students.

Keywords


Higher Education, Tertiary Education, Educate in India, Service Quality in Higher Education, International Student Satisfaction, Higher Education Quality, International Students in India, Cross-Border Higher Education, International Mobility in Higher Education

F20, F29, F60, F63, H00, I00, I20, I23, I28, I29, H80

Paper Submission Date : November 20, 2015 ; Paper sent back for Revision : May 23, 2016 ; Paper Acceptance Date : September 26, 2016.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.17010/pijom%2F2016%2Fv9i10%2F103071