India cuts higher education budget as focus turns to skills

An artist gives final touches to a mural painted under a bridge in New Delhi to illustrate High hopes, low expectations for India’s ‘dream’ research funder

High hopes, low expectations for National Research Foundation

By creating one large, centralised research funder, Indian government is ‘pouring old wine into new bottle’, say academics, who doubt it will be able to solve the plethora of issues facing science in the country

By Pola Lem

31 July

India hands £5 billion budget to new research funder

Budget also aims to cut bureaucracy and open up internationalisation avenues

By Joyce Lau

5 February

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Privatisation backlash as Indian universities granted autonomy

National Education Policy prioritises institutional autonomy but controls remain tight despite attempts to decentralise

By Helen Packer

18 March

Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gather to hear India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak to illustrate Is Modi’s electoral setback a win for Indian HE?

Is Narendra Modi’s electoral setback a win for Indian HE?

A decade of rule by the Hindu-nationalist BJP has seen a combustible mixture of technocratic reform and political interference in higher education. But the party’s below-par showing in this month’s general election has left some academics daring to hope for quieter days ahead. Helen Packer reports

By Helen Packer

20 June

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India cuts higher education budget as focus turns to skills

Scholars express concern as the University Grants Commission has its budget slashed by 61 per cent

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