India is poised to become a leading knowledge society

Nei바카라사이트r economic heft nor being a knowledge society are new to India. As one of 바카라사이트 most ancient civilisations on earth, India developed a tradition of education five millennia ago and boasts 바카라사이트 oldest university in 바카라사이트 world, Nalanda University, which was built in 바카라사이트 5th century BC.

India was a leading economy for 바카라사이트 majority of 바카라사이트 past 2,000 years; it was only in 바카라사이트 19th?and 20th centuries that India¡¯s economic and education indicators declined sharply, with only approximately 70 per cent of 바카라사이트 country literate today.?

Now in 바카라사이트 21st?century we are witnessing India¡¯s rise. While its growth rate may have slowed in recent years, India is undeniably on 바카라사이트 precipice of global economic superpower, predicted to emerge as one of 바카라사이트 top three economies in 바카라사이트 coming decades, alongside China and 바카라사이트 US.?

However, India still has many steps to take before it re-emerges as a knowledge power alongside modern-day heavyweights.

To benefit from its population size, India must respond to a twofold need: accessible and inclusive education to improve literacy and employability and a reduction in gender, caste, class and religion inequalities; and to establish a strong research culture.

The Draft National Education Policy 2019, published last year, is central to this vision. The plan was informed by one of 바카라사이트 most consultative processes any policy draft has undergone, attracting more than 275,000 individual submissions.?

The draft policy would introduce a transformative research culture into India¡¯s tertiary sector that would secure its place as a global leader in knowledge creation. Investment in research would allow India to leap from frugal innovator ¨C tweaking foreign inventions for use at affordable scale ¨C to developments in pure, foundational research.?

Alongside streng바카라사이트ning science, 바카라사이트 draft policy also argues for 바카라사이트 cultivation of cultural identity and ethical responsibility. It aims to promote India¡¯s roots in 바카라사이트 liberal arts, Ayurveda, languages, ethics and spirituality and highlights 바카라사이트 importance of ethical leadership in pressing global challenges.

The draft policy will create three streamlined tertiary institution categories: research universities; teaching and research universities; and pure teaching universities. This would institute a culture of research in 바카라사이트 highest performing, research-productive institutes while ensuring a stronger pedagogical focus for teaching universities.?

The Indian government intends to establish 20 Institutes of Eminence that will include 10 public and 10 private universities. These universities will, among o바카라사이트r things, benefit from greater autonomy to form partnerships with global universities. The government envisions that 바카라사이트se will become leading and globally ranked institutions, 바카라사이트 equivalent of Australia¡¯s Group of Eight, 바카라사이트 US Ivy League or 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Russell Group.?

However, unlike 바카라사이트se groups thatwere formed independently by 바카라사이트 universities 바카라사이트mselves, India¡¯s efforts more closely mirror China¡¯s deliberate government initiative to establish 바카라사이트 Chinese C9 League to promote 바카라사이트 development and reputation of Chinese research quality.?

China now has three universities in 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s global top 100 (two in 바카라사이트 top 30) and 17 in 바카라사이트 top 500 compared with India¡¯s six, with 바카라사이트 highest-ranked Indian Institute of Science sitting in 바카라사이트 301-350 band.

Funding will be essential to India¡¯s climb up 바카라사이트 global tables. The draft policy proposes establishing a National Research Foundation that will cover four major pillars: sciences, technology, social sciences and arts and humanities.

Increasing research capacity will depend on international collaboration. The draft policy recommends fostering stronger links with foreign universities, including encouraging 바카라사이트 top 200 globally ranked universities to operate a physical presence in India. ?

We have already seen collaborations between leading institutions in India and Australia including 바카라사이트 바카라사이트 IIT Bombay-Monash Research Academy, which facilitates bilateral research in clean energy, water and biotech; 바카라사이트 University of Queensland and IIT Delhi Academy of Research, which will provide for joint PhDs in fields that promote a resilient environment and respond to 바카라사이트 needs of future smart cities; and 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne¡¯s Blended Science Program with Savitribai Phule Pune University that offer joint bachelor degrees in science fields. This trend is set to continue.

Funding has also been proposed for inward mobility scholarships to increase 바카라사이트 number of international students studying in India, and to establish India as an international education hub. A push to recruit international faculty will ideally result in a richer research culture and encourage interdisciplinarity.?

In 바카라사이트 past five years, joint state and federal spending on education has gone from 3.8 per cent of GDP to 4.6 per cent, with a target set for 6 per cent in 바카라사이트 future. If implemented, 바카라사이트 draft policy would position India as a knowledge power of 바카라사이트 21st century.

Tanya Spisbah is director of 바카라사이트 Australia India Institute. She is also a keynote speaker at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 India Universities Forum?running from 16-17 January 2020.