post-independence era, most Indian universities were nothing more than teaching institutions. In the last decade, private universities and private HEIs have grown phenomenally in numbers, but only a handful of them have developed a small research base as evident from their research output. The period from 2010 to 2020 was declared as the ‘Decade of Innovation’ but that does not seem to be happening. Barring the IITs, IIMs, the IISC and a few central universities, an innovation culture is absent in Indian universities. Further, a narrow research and innovation base in the HEIs poses a formidable challenge to the growth of the knowledge-based economy. This element is crucial at a time when the Indian government emphasises start-ups, technology parks, ‘smart cities’, ‘Digital India’ and ‘Make in India’. Looking at all the Asia-Pacific country studies in this volume, it is clear that growing expenditure on R&D by leading universities is intimately associated with a variety of innovation activities like the establishment of incubation and start-up mechanisms, TTOs, innovation and entrepreneurship centres, science and technology parks and specific centres which promote university spin-offs. The authors emphasise that they did not find all these innovation activities across all the leading Asia-Pacific universities. Matching robust higher education policies with a series of actions that promote research and innovation missions are also vital to promote the internationalisation of education and globalisation of innovation. This has certainly helped the leading Asia-Pacific universities to make a mark in the UK Times higher education rankings of the world’s top universities. This timely academic work gives an excellent overview of many aspects of university–industry relations and innovation in the key Asia-Pacific countries. It is very rich in facts and data. Those working on higher education, the knowledge economy and innovation will find this book very useful.

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书评：苏加诺时代印度尼西亚的科学、公共卫生和国家建设 作者：Vivek NeelakantanNeelakantanVivek，苏加诺时代印度尼西亚的科学、公共卫生和国家建设（英国泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔：剑桥学者出版社，2017 年），第 237 页, US$ 105.95, ISBN: 9781443886543。

后独立时代，大多数印度大学只不过是教学机构。在过去的十年中，私立大学和私立高等教育机构的数量有了惊人的增长，但从他们的研究成果可以看出，其中只有少数建立了小型研究基础。2010 年至 2020 年期间被宣布为“创新十年”，但这似乎并没有发生。除了 IITs、IIMs、IISC 和一些中央大学，印度大学缺乏创新文化。此外，高等教育机构狭窄的研究和创新基础对知识经济的增长构成了巨大挑战。在印度政府强调初创企业、科技园区、“智慧城市”、“数字印度”和“印度制造”的时候，这一要素至关重要。纵观本卷所有的亚太国家研究，很明显，一流大学不断增加的研发支出与各种创新活动密切相关，如建立孵化和启动机制、TTO、创新和创业中心、促进大学衍生的科技园区和特定中心。作者强调，他们并未在所有领先的亚太大学中发现所有这些创新活动。将强有力的高等教育政策与一系列促进研究和创新使命的行动相匹配，对于促进教育国际化和创新全球化也至关重要。这无疑帮助了领先的亚太大学在英国泰晤士报的世界顶尖大学高等教育排名中崭露头角。这本及时的学术著作很好地概述了亚太地区主要国家的大学与产业关系和创新的许多方面。它的事实和数据非常丰富。那些从事高等教育、知识经济和创新工作的人会发现这本书非常有用。