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Building Sustainable Relationships withIndia

International Educational Partnershipsand

The Best Working Models

Dr. Vasudha GardeDirector, International Centre

University of Pune

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Indian Higher Education (IHE)

IHE - on the threshold of major changes and reforms.

Ministry of Human Resource Development of theGovernment of India is actively considering ways toregulate delivery of higher education in India in order toposition itself as one of the leading knowledge-basedeconomies.

Challenge is complex: Providing educational opportunitiesto increasingly larger parts of the population, whilesimultaneously enhancing the quality of education and theinvestment in research.

There is an awareness that the solution to some extent liesin the internationalization of education and moreopportunities for studies abroad.

Mutually beneficial short/long-term partnerships possible.

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INTERNATIONALIZATION

OF

HIGHER EDUCATION

Four modes of services exchange

Mode 1- Cross-border exchange

Mode 2- Consumption abroad

Mode 3- Presence abroad

Mode 4- Movement of natural persons

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UNIVERSITY OF PUNEA CASE STUDY

14000 International students

(Regular, Exchange, Casual or TAP students )

104 countries

International Partnerships

Customized short period Programs

Off shore Office (UAE)

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Education Partnership Models

National Consortium(Europe-India/ US-India )

Regional Consortium

(Europe-Asia/Ontario-Maharashtra Goa)

Bilateral - Nation to University Approach(DAAD / UK)

Bilateral -University to University Partnership(Cork Institute of Technology /Gottingen University / SalisburyUniversity )

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Ontario Maharashtra-Goa

Student Exchange Program

Established in 2007 by the Government of Ontario for

development of postsecondary educational

linkages between Ontario and Maharashtra and

Goa with the aim of promoting, through

institutional cooperation, the reciprocal flow ofknowledge.

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Number of OMG Exchange Students

Maharashtra Goa to Ontario Ontario to Maharashtra-Goa

2007-08 0 0

2008-09 9 7

2009-10 20 19

2010-11 40 = 25 with stipend 35 = 25 with stipendplus 15 without stipend plus 10 without stipend

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Coverage and Levels

OMG program is designed to include

all fields, at all degree levels.

Bachelors

Masters and

Doctoral level students

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Educational Cooperation ( Europe and India)

The EU India Joint Action Plan:

Global Partners for Global Challenges signed inSeptember 2008 has a chapter on education, stressingthe need for instruments for facilitating mobility andexchange through joint cooperation on equal terms.

The road towards increased EU-India cooperation inhigher education has its hurdles.

Among the points identified for further policy

discussion in the Joint Declaration on Education are mechanisms for promoting faculty and student

mobility between India and Europe, and

tools for recognizing qualifications and periods ofstudy, and tools for the transfer of learning

outcomes.

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Designing programmes -

Hurdles and Pitfalls

Lack of knowledge about differences in

academic culture and academic structure

Mismatch between European and Indian

demands, interests and goals

Framework of academic recognition yet to be

in place

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Designing programmes

Recommendations

Bridge orientation programmes

Extensive information & counselling to applicants

Need for necessary Regulatory Framework

Quality assurance

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Success and Sustainability Criteria

Identifying Commonalities & Complementarities

Beyond Exchange -Joint Supervision & Joint Programs

Strategic Planning with a Time-line

Effective Implementation and Monitoring

Adequate Resources

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Conclusion

Despite the hurdles one has to accept the fact thatinterdependence of economies is inevitable in a global era.

It is the education sector that can play a critical role inmaking the global economy a success story. As mentionedabove Education definitely plays a vital role in the

development of any nation.

Education in general and higher education in particular isnow accepted as an instrument for the socio-economicdevelopment and this is true also in the case of in the

global economy.

Educational cooperation and mobility between Nations willdefinitely enhance the pace of economic developmentthrough mutual understanding of cultural and institutional

contexts.