The future of Indian universities : comparative and international perspectives / edited by C. Raj Kumar.

Contributor(s):

Kumar, C. Raj [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: xxxiv, 482 pages : 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780199480654 (hbk.)

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DDC classification:

378.54 KUM 23 015821

Summary: This volume emphasizes the need for fundamental reforms into the existing institutional structure of higher education and their governance so as to infuse much needed dynamism and renewed sense of purpose in the higher education sector in India. The contributors to the volume argue that universities ought to be dynamic institutions where new ideas are exchanged, mistakes made, and lessons learnt. The contributors highlight the fact that the university system in India is based upon a bureaucratic command and control system that constrains the freedom and liberty required for academic pursuit, and disallows flourishing of academic cultures in tandem with the changing demands of India's economy and democracy.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	378.54 KUM 016936 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		016936
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore On Display	378.54 KUM 015821 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		015821

"This volume was inspired by an International Conference on 'The Future of Indian Universities: Comparative Perspectives on Higher Education Reforms for a Knowledge Society' that was held on the campus of the O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) in 2013"--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-451) and index.

This volume emphasizes the need for fundamental reforms into the existing institutional structure of higher education and their governance so as to infuse much needed dynamism and renewed sense of purpose in the higher education sector in India. The contributors to the volume argue that universities ought to be dynamic institutions where new ideas are exchanged, mistakes made, and lessons learnt. The contributors highlight the fact that the university system in India is based upon a bureaucratic command and control system that constrains the freedom and liberty required for academic pursuit, and disallows flourishing of academic cultures in tandem with the changing demands of India's economy and democracy.

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