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Rajesh Pankaj, Deputy Director, Higher Education, FICCI

In this Presentation………

• An Overview of Higher Education in India

• Why Partnerships?

� India’s perspective

� International Perspective

• The Present Scenario & GATS • The Present Scenario & GATS

• Regulatory Guidelines

• Impending Legislations

• Possible Areas of Collaborations

• FICCI Initiatives for creating and engaging International Partners�National Knowledge Functional Hub (NKFH )

�Global Partnership Service (GPS) 2

Overview of Higher Education in India

• One of the fastest growing emerging economies

• Indian HE largest in the world in terms of institutions and thirdlargest in terms of students with 611 Universities, 31000 pluscolleges and 14.6 million students

• Concurrent list--both federal and provincial governments havejurisdiction over education sectorjurisdiction over education sector

• Huge supply constraint -With the current GER of 14% (globalaverage 26%) and enrolment of 14.6mn – access to HE in Indiais restricted to a limited population.

• About 1.12% of GDP is spent on higher education ascompared to 3.1% of USA and 2.6% of Canada

• Expenditure on higher education likely to go up from US$ 10.3bn to US$ 30 bn by 2017-18

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Over View of Higher Education in India (Contd..)

• Although government plans to augment the public funding for

education by 30-40% in 12th Plan Period – private sector

investments will be needed to meet the demand for HE

– If India is to meet its 30% GER target by 2020- about 40mn students

would be enrolled in HE by 2020 – requiring additional capacity of

25mn seats in the next decade

• About 63% of the total higher education institutions being

private unaided institutions.

• Private higher education providers account for 4/5th of

enrolment in professional higher education

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Why Partnerships?

Indian Perspective

• Partnerships would help in avoiding re-inventing the wheel and reduce

time and resource.

• Healthy economic growth ; more demand of skilled workforce.

• Young demography( more 52% in the working age group of 15-59

years); burgeoning middle class leading to demand for higher

education

• Rapid technological advancement necessitates curriculum up gradation

and introduction of new program me

• Acute shortage of faculty and emerging industries makes it imperative

for Indian institutions to collaborate with foreign universities

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Why Partnerships? (contd..)

Foreign Education Provider’s Prespective

• Sustained economic growth of 8-9% and availability of disposable income with Indian middle class

• Market likely to grow exponentially in next 10 years; Potential customers -144 m young population in age bracket of 18-23 yearsMarket likely to grow exponentially in next 10 years; Potential customers -144 m young population in age bracket of 18-23 years

• India favourite destination for research with MNCs and world class universities

• Indian industry and higher education institutions developed core competencies in areas like biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, etc.

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The Present Scenario & GATS

• Education a public good; both federal and provincial

governments have jurisdiction

• India not scheduled education services in its commitments

under GATS

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under GATS

• 100% FDI permitted in higher education sector on automatic

route

• Influx of foreign education providers – mostly II and III tier –

basically engaged in teaching; Research activities neglected

The Present Scenario & GATS (Contd..)

�Mode 1 -Delivery of Education Services via

internet

�Mode 2 – Student Exchange Programmes

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�Mode 3 – Campus Development, Twinning

arrangements, Research & Development

Collaborations

�Mode 4 – Faculty Exchange Programmes

Presence of Foreign Education Providers in India

• About 156 foreign education providers – 90 with university status - involved in academic collaborations

• Total collaborations 225 with a number of these having more than one programme of delivery; Total 635 programmes

• 26% in the fields of management and business administration; 22% in Engineering programmes

• Country wise spread of collaborations:

- UK: 83

- US :79

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Existing Regulatory Mechanism for Foreign Education Providers

• AICTE guidelines 2003 for Entry & Operation of Foreign Education Providers imparting Technical Education in India.

• Applicable to all foreign education providers who would like to operate through collaboration, including twinning arrangements or independently

• Franchisee system not allowed

• Foreign education provider should be registered with AICTE and have NOC from its country’s embassy.have NOC from its country’s embassy.

• Should be accredited in home country by an authorized agency. Nomenclature for degrees and diplomas same as it exists in home country and should have recognition at par with equivalent Indian degrees

• Fees to be charged to be approved by AICTE. Programmes of study to be accredited by National Board of Accreditation after two batches have passed out

• Innovations and experimentation for education delivery allowed only if such a system exists in home country or in India

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UGC notification on Foreign Education Providers 2012

• Only those foreign institutions that figure in the top 500 of global ranking by Times

Higher Education World University Ranking/Shanghai Jiaotong university can enter into

collaboration…..???

• Only NAAC, NBA Indian institutions eligible for a tie-up with a foreign institution

• Technical education that includes Engineering, Management, Pharmacy Architecture,

Hotel Management, aviation etc would be regulated as per the AICTE norms only; not

under UGC purview.

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• The UGC norms will regulate the twinning programs for courses like biomedical sciences,

life sciences, liberal arts etc between universities

• It does not stipulate fee or course structure which would be domain of the two

collaborating universities.

• Approval mandatory for all collaborations between foreign and Indian educational

institutions (giving existing institutions six months to get approval or face withdrawal of

grant or recognition

Impending legislations

• Serious debate going on in the country to usher in reforms in higher

education sector; National Knowledge Commission and Yashpal

Committee reports provide background for discussions

• Government plans to set up a National Commission for Higher

Education and Research (NCHER) to replace the UGC. Other existing Education and Research (NCHER) to replace the UGC. Other existing

regulatory bodies recommended to become licensing authorities

for professionals

• The NCHER Bill, Innovation University Bill, Accreditation Bill, Unfair

Practices Bill, Tribunal Bill and the Foreign Education Bill are some

impending legislations

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Foreign Universities Bill, 2010

• Salient features

- Every foreign educational institution intending to operate in India has to be notified by Central government; applies to existing operators also

- Should have been offering educational services in home country - Should have been offering educational services in home country for at least 20 years; should have been accredited there. Programme of study offered to be in conformity with statutory authority and also of comparable quality as the main campus in home country

- Create corpus of approx US$ 11m; 75% of income from corpus for developing the institution and 25% back in to the fund; All surplus to be utilised for development of institution; Applies to twinning programmes and branch campuses also

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Possible Areas for Partnerships or Independent Operations

• Setting up campuses in collaboration with Indian universities

• Setting up branch or satellite campuses

• Twinning programmes

• Double degree or joint degree programmes

• Articulation arrangements like semester abroad programmes• Articulation arrangements like semester abroad programmes

• Distance learning programmes

• Faculty Exchange programmes

• Creative study abroad programming

• Co-curricular activities

• Leverage all existing connections with India

• Gradually phase-in courses and programs on India

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FICCI initiatives for Creating and Engaging International Partners

National Knowledge Functional Hub (NKFH)

� Facilitate meaningful engagement between engineering institutions and capital goods companies to improve the quality of students graduating from these institutions

� Create focused Academia – Industry Linkages ; enhance the employability of engineering graduates through development of appropriate skills relevant to Manufacturing Industries

� Align Higher Education & Research in engineering with current and future requirements of Industries

� “Hub-&-Spoke” Model

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Governing Council

Northern Region Hub

Punjab & U.P.

Western Hub Southern Hub

Sub Centre Per

State in the

Region(Rajasthan)

Sub Centre Per

State in the

Region(Himachal)

Sub Centre

/State (Uttarakhand)

Sub Centre Per

State in the

Region(Haryana)

GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE of a Typical HUB

Executive

Committee

Sub

Committee

1

Sub

Committee

2

Sub

Committee

3

FICCI

RepresentativeOffice Bearers

Benefits for Industry

• Introduction of Industry-relevant curricula

• Introduction of New courses on topics relevant to Industry

• Refresher courses and training to practicing Industry Professionals through

Continuing Education Programs / Summer Schools

• Workshop / Lab facilities from Academic Institutions to trainees from Industry• Workshop / Lab facilities from Academic Institutions to trainees from Industry

• Joint research projects with Academic Institutions

• Industry-Faculty interaction for professional enrichment

• Incubation of new technology, leading to Industrial applications and

commercialization

• Help in filing Patents and protecting Intellectual Property 18

Benefits for Academic Institutions

• Employment opportunities to fresh graduates having requisite skills and qualifications

• Summer internship opportunities to students

• Industrial Projects to students as part of Degree requirements of Graduate / Post Graduate

Courses

• Collaborative research projects with the Industry

• Industry exposure to faculty members through joint projects

• Guest lectures by industry experts for students and faculty members

• Opportunities for Industrial application/commercialization of appropriate technologies

generated through academic research

• Machinery, test rigs, prototypes, industry models and other assets donated to academic

institutes as “Endowment”

• Scholarship Schemes for bright students working on projects of mutual interest 19

� The Governing Council have been formed and is in the process of

Finalizing the broad guidelines for the Standard operating Procedures

of the Hubs

� 5 Regional Hubs have been launched for Western (NMIMS Mumbai),

Northern ( Thapar University Patiala and UPES, Dehradun) and

Southern Region ( Manipal in Bangalore and Amritha Univ in

Coimbatore).

Current Status of NKFH

Coimbatore).

� In 2012 FICCI proposes to make at least 2Hubs operational in the

country in collaboration with patron institutions and champion

companies

� Planning Commission, Government of India has incorporated the

NKFH concept in the 12th Plan document( Narayanmurthy report on

Corporate Engagement in Higher Education)

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FICCI Global Partnership Services

Contemporary Concerns

• Population of 144 mn in the age group of 18-23 years.

• Youth population is expected to increase by 13% over 2005-2020 as compared to the world average of 4%.

• Due to insufficient capacity creation by the Government, India’s higher education potential is vast.

• 25 million seats need to be created over the next decade, to cater to the increased demand within for educated Indian professionals

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Transition Towards a Massification HE System

• Once the country crosses the 15% GER, massification of

higher education takes place , as pointed out by the LSE

consultant Sachi Hatakenaka

• Demand for stratified differentiation

• Demand for skills to change rapidly, and are unpredictable as

employers seek different skills and competencies

• This phase of growth would be marked by rapid economic

growth, families investing more in education and private

sector led increased capacity creation

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Role of Embassies are Limited in HE in India

• Embassies and High Commissions in India are primarily engaged in three major activities:

� Advise Indian students interested in pursuing studies overseas, on academic and visa regulations

� Manage operations of scholarship programs for Undergraduate, Post-Graduate and doctoral programs instituted for the benefit of Indian students

� Conduct education fairs in India to showcase the foreign HEIs, facilitating delegations of Universities and Colleges from their home countries to visit India in order to recruit Indian students for overseas study students for overseas study

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What is the function of FICCI’s Global Partnership Centre?

• Assisting Indian HEIs in identifying and sustaining potential

partnership opportunities from across the globe

• Offer a neutral platform for matchmaking Indian Colleges &

Universities with their overseas counterparts in the form of

work study tours, joint degrees, student exchanges, industry work study tours, joint degrees, student exchanges, industry

workshops, research collaborations etc.

• Serve as a clearing house, for verifying the authenticity of

Indian HEIs, by developing a membership base, built on

certain legal and qualitative parameters

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View of Directors/Deans of HEIs across India

Bangalore Mumbai Delhi/ Hyderabad

Raja Rajeshwari Medical

College (20 Medical and

Dental colleges)

Kishanchand Chellaram

Colleges (20+ post grad

and undergrad

institutions)

Era Business School

Welingkar Business

School

Academy of Architecture Apeejay Engineering

Mukesh Patel School of

SP Jain International

Mukesh Patel School of

Engineering &

Technology- NMIMS

Indian Business School

University of Agriculture

Science Bangalore

Balwant Seth School of

Architecture- NMIMS

Institute for Social &

Economic Change

NMIMS –Research

ACS Engineering College School of Business

Management- NMIMS

Amrita Business School DY Patil University

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Basic GPS Membership Services

Services offered to HEIs:

– Access to network with Human Resource Directors of

different sectors for latest information on hiring skills

projected by industry

– a toolkit of articles from policy makers on latest – a toolkit of articles from policy makers on latest

developments

– MoU templates

– an understanding of the key factors influencing

collaborations in India, what works, what doesn’t,

– Quarterly Newsletter targeted at Industry Academia

Partnerships

– Membership Directory26

GPS Plus Package Offerings

• Study Tours for training of faculty at overseas institutions, by

grouping participants from the pool of registered Indian HEI

members consisting of 20-50 members depending on the study

area

• Sourcing Faculty and Senior Academicians from overseas for

Indian Colleges & UniversitiesIndian Colleges & Universities

• Facilitate Collaborations and MoUs by scheduling appointments

with U.S., European, and other Global Higher Education

Institutions for potential partnerships

• Organize India Centric Work Experience Opportunities for Foreign

Students in India

• Sponsored workshops in India, comprising of best practises shared

by Global Leaders, Researchers and Academicians for students,

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Benefits all Stakeholders…

• Students benefit as they have access to relevant market data and the different tools to enhance their skills

• Companies benefit as they have a productive and skilled workforce giving them an edge in today’s competitive marketplace

• Learning Institutions benefit as they have access to updated curriculum, international exposure and they also have linkages with the industry

• The Government benefits as more and more students are able to gain relevant employment, and thus increase their standard of living

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• FICCI has a Higher Education Committee comprising of leaders of Higher Education sector.

• FICCI Higher Education Network (FICCI-HEN ) was created in 2006 to provide a platform to higher education sector to promote self regulation through transparency and disclosure and influence the reform process through good practice. (www.ficci-hen.com)

• Some of the policy papers & survey reports submitted to the Government:

FICCI Higher Education: Policy Initiatives

• Some of the policy papers & survey reports submitted to the Government:

� Private Sector Participation in Indian Higher Education

� “Making Indian Higher Education Future Ready”

� Employer Satisfaction Survey

� Regulatory Framework for Technical Education

� Financing of Higher Education

� Reservation policy in Higher Education

� "Understanding of Private Higher Education in India - A Stakeholder's Perspective"

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FICCI Higher Education Summit 2012 - November 5 & 6, 2012 , FICCI, New Delhi

Keynote AddressInaugural Address

Expected Participants

�650 delegates

�100 plus international delegates from 15 plus countries

� 250 B2B Meetings

� 40 national and international exhibitors

Dr Philip G. Altbach, Monan Prof of

Higher Education & Director, CIHE,

Boston College, USA

Mr Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Union

Minister for HRD, GoI

FICCI Higher Education Summit

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Organizing FICCI Higher Education Summit since 2004 . A conglomeration of key policy

makers, educationists and corporate at a global level that leads to knowledge sharing,

identification of policy and practice imperatives and action plan for the way forward.

Thank You