India’s Higher Education System

1. System in India:
1.1. seven U top 400: QS Rankings 2019.
1.2. 6:IITs and 1:IISc Blr.
1.3. Currently:
1.3.1. 874 U.
1.3.2.47 C.U, 391 S.U.
1.3.3. 125 dmd. U and 311 Pvt. U

2. Quality of teaching and Research:

2.1. Only 20-30 U have quality faculty.
2.2. NEP Report:
2.2.1. Ssd. Quality teaching.
2.2.2. College faculty: 40% adhoc

3.Pressure to publish:
3.1. publish = promotion
3.2. publish > teaching
3.3. not cvnt. research infra. in most HEIs.
3.4. political intrv. in U adm.

4.Leadership
4.1. appointment are political, not academic.

Keys to the abbreviations:

HEIs - Higher Education Institutions.
cvnt. - convenient
Ssd. - substandard
Blr. - Bengaluru
intrv. - intervention
U. - University/Universities.
dmd. - deemed