TY - BOOK AU - Kumar,C.Raj ED - International Conference on 'The Future of Indian Universities: Comparative Perspectives on Higher Education Reforms for a Knowledge Society' ED - O. P. Jindal Global University, TI - The future of Indian universities: comparative and international perspectives SN - 9780199480654 AV - LA1153 .I567 2013 U1 - 378.54 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New Delhi, India PB - Oxford University Press KW - Education, Higher KW - India KW - Congresses KW - Universities and colleges KW - Higher education and state N1 - "This volume was inspired by an International Conference on 'The Future of Indian Universities: Comparative Perspectives on Higher Education Reforms for a Knowledge Society' that was held on the campus of the O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) in 2013"--Acknowledgements; Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-451) and index N2 - This volume emphasizes the need for fundamental reforms into the existing institutional structure of higher education and their governance so as to infuse much needed dynamism and renewed sense of purpose in the higher education sector in India. The contributors to the volume argue that universities ought to be dynamic institutions where new ideas are exchanged, mistakes made, and lessons learnt. The contributors highlight the fact that the university system in India is based upon a bureaucratic command and control system that constrains the freedom and liberty required for academic pursuit, and disallows flourishing of academic cultures in tandem with the changing demands of India's economy and democracy ER -