Bhushan Patwardhan, Ph.D. Manipal Education, Bangalore, India [email protected] and Anitha Kurup, Ph.D. National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India [email protected] Summary India’s higher education sector is today, and has been for quite some time, at the proverbial crossroads where opportunities and challenges abound. Despite the…
By Rahul Choudaha, Associate Director (Innovation & Development) at World Education Services India currently sends more students to study in the United States than any other country. In academic year 2006-07 (the last year for which figures are currently available), 83,833 Indian students were enrolled…
WES Staff World Education Services (WES) has revised its assessment of the three-year bachelor’s degree awarded by Indian universities and now considers selected three-year degrees from India to be equivalent to a U.S. bachelor’s degree. The decision was made following research and review of fundamental…
By Dr. Vijaya Khandavilli, former Country Coordinator for Advising Services, US Educational Foundation in India In recent years, India has witnessed a surge in the number of integrated degree programs at the master’s and doctoral levels. For a country that has survived with a rigid,…
ACCESS OUR LATEST COUNTRY PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN INDIA The following is a partial list of institutions of higher education offering integrated or dual degree programs in India. Please see this month’s feature article for a discussion of the objectives and some of the issues…