Need for an International Character of Indian Academic Institutions
A university is a place of learning. Best universities attract students and thinkers from all over the world. These best minds bring in wisdom from all over the world and enrich these universities. It is not surprising that the best American and European universities have an international composition. In the past, Takshila and Nalanda universities of India had faculty from many countries. However, the present Indian university and research institutes have almost no international faculty and students. We need an urgent change in our institutional system if we wish to make our institutions one of the best in the world. Some of the salient points in favor of this argument are Most of the Indian research institutions, specially teaching institutions like IITs and universities, woefully short of faculty. On the other hand, many bright young scientists in the west (both foreigners and non-resident Indians) are not being absorbed due to lack of positions there. It is an opport