No Indian university, including the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), figure among world's top 200 universities this year.
The higher educational system in India has been in the pre-historic era for some time now. There is talk about increasing the number of universities and providing them more autonomy. There is need for more universities, no doubt about that.
The infrastructure in our cities is crumbling, adding more universities will create a huge traffic problem around the universities. Can cities like Mumbai or Bangalore cope up with that kind of pressure on their infrastructure? Unlikely.
There is a need to develop smaller cities as “Educational Hubs”. This will solve many problems and prevent many from arising. For starters the smaller cities will benefit as more “spending youth” settle down in these cities providing more job opportunities. The pressure of migration in urban cities will reduce in a small way, instead of increasing as has been the trend in the past few years as the smaller towns will provide more employment opportunities. The municipal authorities in these smaller cities can become more self sufficient owing to increased tax collection.
These new universities will also improve the quality and quantity of manpower which is available. This is one of the many challenges which Indian Industry, especially the IT, Pharma, Biotech industries are facing today.
India needs to start innovating to solve problems of its own rather than copying measures which have worked abroad. The next 50 years can be ours if we put our best foot forward.
The higher educational system in India has been in the pre-historic era for some time now. There is talk about increasing the number of universities and providing them more autonomy. There is need for more universities, no doubt about that.
The infrastructure in our cities is crumbling, adding more universities will create a huge traffic problem around the universities. Can cities like Mumbai or Bangalore cope up with that kind of pressure on their infrastructure? Unlikely.
There is a need to develop smaller cities as “Educational Hubs”. This will solve many problems and prevent many from arising. For starters the smaller cities will benefit as more “spending youth” settle down in these cities providing more job opportunities. The pressure of migration in urban cities will reduce in a small way, instead of increasing as has been the trend in the past few years as the smaller towns will provide more employment opportunities. The municipal authorities in these smaller cities can become more self sufficient owing to increased tax collection.
These new universities will also improve the quality and quantity of manpower which is available. This is one of the many challenges which Indian Industry, especially the IT, Pharma, Biotech industries are facing today.
India needs to start innovating to solve problems of its own rather than copying measures which have worked abroad. The next 50 years can be ours if we put our best foot forward.
1 comment:
Its a good idea, looking at how things are shaping up in India having such hubs will have many benefits besides those mentioned by you. Students spending power can be really good-food joints, movie theatres, clothes, & a lot many other consumerism stuff gets a leg up in such cities.
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