Rejuvenating Indian higher education: where we are?

The article has focused on the system and present status of Indian Higher Education. As we know, a number of national debates are taking place in all the corners of our country about the drastic change of our higher education in terms of quality and quantity, realising the gravity of the contemporary issue, this article has been designed in the name of “Rejuvenating Indian Higher Education: Where we are?”. The crucial issues like the recommendations of National Knowledge Commission (NKC), Foreign University Bill, Prof. Yashpal Committee Report on Higher Education and its recommendation like establishment of National Council of Higher Education and Research (NCHER) have been discussed with full length and breadth. A data base has been presented and analysed in this article which has recently published by University Grants Commission (UGC) about the status of Indian Higher Education up to 2012. A detail discussion has been taken place in this article about the enrolment of students in different level courses, appointment of teachers, establishment of new universities, expenditure in higher education sector, target achievement propounded by National Knowledge Commission (NKC) by 2015, and Operating a National Council for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) for coordinating better association and easy administration of Higher Education Unit. In this regard, it has also discussed to function all the regulatory bodies like NCTE, NAAC, AICTE, MCI, PCI, BCI etc. under the same umbrella of NCHER. At the end some practical suggestions/implications has put forth to establish a better situation in Indian Higher Education.