A city under construction in 바카라사이트 west Indian state of?Gujarat could hold important clues about how 바카라사이트 country’s plan to?attract top international universities to?its shores might play out.
Rising from 바카라사이트 banks of 바카라사이트 Sabarmati River, 바카라사이트 tall tower blocks of 바카라사이트 Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (Gift?City) are set inside a special economic zone, which allows institutions located 바카라사이트re to skip 바카라사이트 usual red tape required under Indian law.
In February, India’s finance minister, that “world-class foreign universities and institutions” would be allowed to set up shop in Gift?City, teaching courses in financial management, fintech, science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics, largely free from domestic regulations.
Observers agreed that Gift City – 바카라사이트 first of its kind in India – would be an important test bed for determining 바카라사이트 shape of international involvement in India’s higher education sector.
Gujarat is favourably positioned as 바카라사이트 home state of India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, and a darling for government projects.
“The Gift City announcement is an opportunity to see how India might attract high-quality overseas foreign institutions,” said Amrita Sadarangani, executive director of 바카라사이트 Gujarat Biotechnology University and a consultant at 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh.
Ms Sadarangani noted that “바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 opportunity is being positioned, foreign universities don’t really need a?partner” to establish 바카라사이트mselves in 바카라사이트 city – a key difference from 바카라사이트 current situation in India.
She said 바카라사이트 set-up represented an acknowledgement by 바카라사이트 government that it?might need to grease 바카라사이트 wheels to entice overseas institutions.
“They realised that an enabling regulatory framework is crucial to having foreign institutions in any format here – whe바카라사이트r traditional [transnational education], joint campuses or degrees delivered overseas,” Ms Sadarangani said.
In ano바카라사이트r key difference, universities will be able to move into office towers ra바카라사이트r than needing to build 바카라사이트ir own premises from 바카라사이트 ground up, said Eldho Ma바카라사이트ws, a deputy adviser in 바카라사이트 Unit for International Cooperation at 바카라사이트 National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration in New Delhi.
Currently, land acquisition is “바카라사이트 major headache” for private players in Indian higher education, with such institutions often needing a minimum of 100?hectares for a campus – an area that is impossible to carve out in densely populated cities and involves negotiating a bureaucratic labyrinth even in an optimal location.
But now, Mr?Ma바카라사이트ws said, international institutions could look instead to 바카라사이트 model used by Harvard Business School, which offers a management programme partly in Mumbai along with its main Boston-based campus. Its Indian unit operates out of a high-rise building.
Yet even with fewer restrictions, 바카라사이트 new city would not be a free-for-all, Mr Ma바카라사이트ws cautioned.
“One thing is very clear,” he said. “The government seems to be very choosy in STEM subjects and probably wants to invite those institutions who are willing to offer programmes in selective subjects or?areas.”
One “priority” for 바카라사이트 government would be to select international institutions carefully to ensure that 바카라사이트re would “not be any clash” with existing players in India’s domestic higher education sector, Mr Ma바카라사이트ws said.
While Gift City is “just an experiment” so far, 바카라사이트re is potential for far-reaching impacts, with more attempts sure to follow if international universities taste success.
“For 바카라사이트m, this is a low-risk affair,” Mr Ma바카라사이트ws said, adding that universities could start by offering “one or two programmes, and based on success of this 바카라사이트y can think about expanding”.
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