Pushkar

Disputes over the trustworthiness of India’s state-run university rankings raise questions over quality assurance efforts, says Pushkar

But domestic universities must also raise their game if the country is to become a major destination for international students, says Pushkar

The controversy over Dhankhar’s poor choice of words has overshadowed the wisdom of calling for poorer Indians to be better informed, says Pushkar

Many university graduates choose to remain unemployed rather than take a job they do not consider commensurate with their degrees, says Pushkar

Despite their above-average employability, engineering students are hampered by poor-quality provision, says Pushkar

When the country embarks on recovery from its brutal second Covid wave, public spending on universities is unlikely to be a priority, says Pushkar 

System consolidation, regulatory simplification and undergraduate flexibility are positive steps, says Pushkar

Whatever the romance, students and academics will not flock to a remote part of north-east India, says Pushkar

Political efforts to silence academic critics are unlikely to end despite clarification that universities are not obliged to ban them, says Pushkar

India’s downsized Institutes of Eminence programme has dashed the hopes of those keen to see an improvement in higher education quality, says Pushkar