EFFECT OF GLOBALISATION ON INDIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

This paper is an attempt to understand how the higher education system in India has been affected by globalization .It delves into the uniqueness of this tertiary sector as it exists in India and then takes a look at the challenges which globalization throws open for the Indian Higher Education .The challenges are manifold especially those posed by Privatization and Commercialization of Education, Increase in the cost of Education ,Poor Quality of Education, Increased inequity Coping with the value change that accompanies globalization etc. In order to deal with these changes effectively our education system will have to reinvent itself as globalization is a reality which cannot be undone .This paper finally offers suggestions to different stakeholders with respect to overcoming the challenges thrown up by globalization in the field of Indian Higher Education system.