Higher education is of great significance for the balanced development of an economy and shall definitely have its impact, especially for a developing country like India. Today, the system as whole, of higher education in India has grown a lot. The number of institutions has increased manifold. Enrolment in universities has also increased over the years, although still far below that in developed countries, and even less than in the South Asian countries. The responsibility of providing able and well-trained graduates is that of higher educational institutions of India. Higher education is inextricably linked with industry and the competitiveness of industry is determined by faster exploitation of new knowledge and technology. Therefore, it falls upon the government and major industries to sponsor higher education in the country. With a perpetual resource crunch in the higher educational institutions, industrial support is naturally sought after. By this, the industries are sure of obtaining graduates trained in specific, state-of-the-art technology, to be absorbed in their firms. The revolution of information technology is bound to have a profound effect on the roll of higher education in India. This book presents the most recent ideas and findings about the higher education. This authoritative and comprehensive text is a landmark in higher education the focus is sharply on research educational opportunities, teaching and learning, interactive education, open university system etc. In most of the chapter the approaches and methods are reviewed by studies from higher education. This book contains valuable and relevant information on higher education and will be of interest to students, teachers, researchers and policy makers.
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