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Recommendations of the National Knowledge Commission
Detailed and informative, this original report outlines a list of recommendations presented by the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) of the Government of India. The advice focuses on five key areas of knowledge--including access, concepts, creation, applications, and services--and addresses topics such as education, languages, translation, libraries, health, intellectual property rights, public funded research, entrepreneurship, agriculture, and e-governance. Presenting the latest data on economic development, this account proves to be valuable for policymakers, developmental economists, social scientists, researchers, students, and non-governmental organizations.
Perspectives on Higher Education Reforms
This book offers insights into the higher education reforms in the wake of restructuring proposals through the policy directions of National Knowledge Commission. Given the much felt need to revamp the higher education system, it is important to debate and deliberate the different notions prevailing among various stakeholders. Academicians, researchers, policy makers, and administrators have several critical opinions about the higher education system in India. This book throws light on some dimensions that are worth debating. The book is useful for gaining overview of how higher education system has shaped and the progress anticipated in future.
Globalization and Higher Education in India:
Globalization and Higher Education in India analyses how the Indian education system can be re-structured to shape the cognitive skills, inter-personal sensibilities and cultural sophistication of the children and prepare them for a globalized knowledge society. For scholars and practitioners of sociology and education, as well as policy makers, it offers insights into the effect of liberalization on education and the impact of initiatives like public-private partnership and explores the roadblocks and facilitators on the road to educational reforms.
Restructuring Higher Education in India
The author analyses the past developments in state supported higher education and discusses why high quality could not be sustained in the past. Specifically, the institutional failures both at the levels of policy and practices are pointed out. The emerging issue at the system level is the proliferation of private providers resulting from the failure of public institutions to respond to the market. The book attempts to present a critique to the liberal agenda of reforms and provides solutions through institutional and academic reforms. The salient features of finance through plan investment are further analysed.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Libraries
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been on the agenda in India for quite some time. The private sector is generally more active in this area than the Governmental and public sector; and the situation is slowly changing. The concept of CSR is finally coming out of the purview of ‘doing social good’ and is fast becoming a ‘business necessity’. This approach to CSR is gaining ground and many corporate houses are realizing the benefits they get in business by extending help to their workers, local community and society at large. There are many corporate companies and voluntary foundations in India who are doing commendable work in education, health, environment and energy under CSR. CSR can also be extended to public libraries, because public libraries are considered as ‘social institutions’ providing basic information for social, economic and cultural development of citizens; and to sustain lifelong learning for students. Public libraries play a vital role in disseminating existing knowledge and promote the creation of new knowledge.
Handbook of Research on Scholarly Publishing and Research Methods
For faculty to advance their careers in higher education, publishing is essential. A competitive marketplace, strict research standards, and scrupulous tenure committees are all challenges academicians face in publishing their research and achieving tenure at their institutions. The Handbook of Research on Scholarly Publishing and Research Methods assists researchers in navigating the field of scholarly publishing through a careful analysis of multidisciplinary research topics and recent trends in the industry. With its broad, practical focus, this handbook is of particular use to researchers, scholars, professors, graduate students, and librarians.
Quality, Access and Social Justice in Higher Education:
Quality, Access and Social Justice in Higher Education highlights the need to address the ground realities of educational policies and practices in India and is useful for scholars and practitioners in the fields of sociology and education, and policymaker. It discusses quality of education, the ease of access to education, and its spread across diverse social groups and possible resolutions to help shape effective educational policies.
India Higher Education Report 2015
The unprecedented expansion of higher education in India and the proliferation of providers in turn have posed enormous challenges to equity, quality and financing of the sector. The India Higher Education Report 2015 traces the evolution of higher education and discusses the key role of committees and commissions whose reports and recommendations form the backdrop of contemporary developments. Authoritative and comprehensive, the volume examines a range of themes including equity, financing, employment, quality, and governance. It also engages with new and recent data as well as current issues and debates. The volume will be an important resource for academics, policy makers, civil society organisations, media and those concerned with higher education. It will also be useful to scholars and researchers of public policy, sociology and economics.
Indian Higher Education
Demand for quality higher education, is continuing to outpace the supply due to growing population of young people, gains in school education, growing middle class and their rising aspirations. At the same time, the country has a unique opportunity to convert this demographic surplus to its economic strength by providing its young people the right kind of skills. Thus, higher education now occupies a central position in the country's strategy for global competitiveness and inclusive growth. Steps have been initiated to augment supply, improve quality and fix problems. The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) has made several useful and important recommendations and the government has significantly increased funding during the Eleventh Five Year Plan. In the backdrop of these developments, Indian Higher Education: Envisioning the Future, describes the Indian higher education landscape. The author spells out the needs, identifies the gaps, and based on the lessons learnt from the experiences of other countries provides perspectives to shape its future.
