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    474 : The Challenges of Higher Education in India

    S Narayan

    1 November 2017

    India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed the need to improve the standards of higher education in India. This paper briefly maps the country's institutional landscape of Indian universities, examines the demand for and supply of qualitative as well as practical education, besides offering some ideas on how the issues facing India's higher education could be addressed.