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Development of human resources is crucial for economic development of a country. Human resources can be developed by imparting skills and education. Higher education contributes to national development through dissemination of specialised knowledge and skills. India has one of the largest higher education systems in the world. However, India’s higher education sector faces several quantitative as well as qualitative challenges. The book basically addresses the problems, policies and perspectives of higher education sector in India.

Major themes covered in the book include policies and strategies adopted by both developing and developed economies for massification of higher education, impact of globalization on higher education, liberatory and transformative role of education, diversity and discrimination in higher education institutions, autonomy and accountability, university governance and funding, privatisation of higher education, gender inequalities, quality and excellence, and linkages between higher education and labour market.