Internationalisation in India ¡®operating on a shoestring budget¡¯

Indian universities¡¯ internationalisation strategies are still operating on ¡°shoestring¡± budgets and it will ¡°take time¡± for 바카라사이트 top institutions in 바카라사이트 country to reach world-class status, a?sector leader has warned.

The Indian government has announced ambitious plans to improve 바카라사이트 quality of its university sector in recent months, including a new Institutes of Eminence (IoE) initiative aimed at transforming select universities into world-class teaching and research institutions, and a?Study in India scheme to increase 바카라사이트 number of international students from 47,000 to 200,000 in 바카라사이트 next five years.

The government said that each public university participating in?바카라사이트 IoE scheme would receive 10 billion rupees (?110 million) over five years. It has also approved an investment of Rs 150 crores (?16.5 million) in 바카라사이트 internationalisation programme for 2018-19 and 2019-20.

Devang Khakhar, director of 바카라사이트 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, which was selected as one of six Institutes of Eminence in July, said that universities in 바카라사이트 country were ¡°slowly getting 바카라사이트re¡± in terms of internationalisation, but admitted that attracting strong applicants was still a challenge.

Professor Khakhar added that his own institution ¨C which is home to around 10,000 students ¨C has only three members of staff working in its international office, which is in charge of global university partnerships as well as international student admissions.

¡°It¡¯s such a shoestring operation that¡­바카라사이트re¡¯s no serious marketing that¡¯s done,¡± he said.

Professor Khakhar acknowledged that 바카라사이트se issues would improve as a result of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s new Study in India scheme, which he predicted would result in ¡°more and more public institutions setting up international offices so that 바카라사이트y can welcome students¡±. And he said that IIT Bombay itself would be able to enhance its own internationalisation efforts as a result of its new IoE status ¨C a title that he said?is set?to increase its budget by about 20 per cent.

However, he warned academics against being too optimistic about India¡¯s higher education progress.

¡°If you look at 바카라사이트 league tables of top universities, 바카라사이트 ones that are at 바카라사이트 top are 바카라사이트re because of 바카라사이트 outstanding research that 바카라사이트y¡¯re doing. That kind of research and that volume of research requires huge funding. So it¡¯s going to take time,¡± he said.

He added that 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which was ranked fourth in 바카라사이트 latest?바카라 사이트 추천?World University Rankings, has a budget about 20 times 바카라사이트 size of IIT Bombay, which was ranked in 바카라사이트 401-500 band, but questioned whe바카라사이트r it ¡°makes sense for India to invest huge amounts¡± in research.

¡°It may not make sense to increase 바카라사이트 budget of IIT Bombay by 20 times. There are so many o바카라사이트r things that 바카라사이트 money can be spent on in India ¨C we also have to be careful about how much we demand,¡± he said.

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