Dubai: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that a multi-pronged approach is needed to internationalise the Indian higher education system, which is the need of the hour. Kant said this during a session titled ‘Internationalisation of Indian Higher Education System’ at the India Pavilion in EXPO2020 Dubai on Tuesday.
“The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 envisions internationalising of Indian higher education system and establishing India as a Vishvaguru. However, we must acknowledge and introspect about the current challenges and trends in order to achieve this vision,” The NITI Aayog CEO was quoted as saying by news agency ANI while addressing the session virtually.
“It has to be understood that the higher number of outflow of Indian students to foreign universities and inflow of a substantially lower number of students to Indian universities reflect the sub-optimal quality of education in India as compared to the foreign universities,” Kant was quoted as saying by the agency.
Kant also elaborated on the multi-pronged approach. “All higher education institutes must create an institute development plan with a vision to be the best in their fields as recommended by the NEP 2020. The universities may like to use the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings and analyse the areas where there is scope of improving their rankings,” he said.
According to Kant, India must leverage its competitive advantages and traditional knowledge systems by integrating them with modern-day studies like sustainability studies, architecture, medicine etc.
“Short-term diplomas and courses could be launched in collaboration with Ministry of Ayush and Universities to promote indigenous natural practices for international learners,” Kant said.
To meet the requirements for funding, Kant said, “Indian higher education institutes must raise funds to raise their quality and Public-Private-Partnership could be one of the untapped areas to improve that and IIITs are one of the examples of this. The government recently modified the viability gap funding scheme to include social infrastructure projects that include higher education and universities must use this scheme to their advantage.”
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