Doctoral Research Scholar, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Online published on 23 July, 2019.
This paper delves into regulation and higher education in India, through three phases: a loosely regulated transitory phase from British India to independent India; a phase of strong regulation by the state in post-independence India; to a dispersed yet still not so easily discernable phase of regulation post-1986 till date. In the wake of rapid changes in higher education, the paper considers it an imperative on the part of the state to play a more pro-active role in regulation of higher education.
Higher education, regulation, education policy, India, private, regulatory state
