Purpose

This study aims to explore what are the past trends in internationalisation of higher education (IoHE) in the country and how India's higher education (HE) internationalisation strategies are aligned to make India a regional education hub and a storehouse of global talent pool.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper relies heavily on secondary sources of information. Document analysis and policy reviews to analyse the internationalisation strategies as well as quantitative data analysis to map the trends have been used.

Findings

At present, internationalisation in India is lopsided and may become a drain on Indian economy if not balanced soon. India is now focussing to correct its adverse inbound–outbound international student (IS) mobility in order to become attractive for international HE community; India aims to strategically “prepare to host,” which is subject to institutional abilities to implement new schemes and programmes. International credibility of Indian HE rests largely on quality augmentation.

Research limitations/implications

The study is based purely on secondary sources. It would be interesting to augment further with primary-level interactions with both policymakers and practitioners.

Practical implications

It is a mix of academic and non-academic factors leading to improved quality of teaching, learning and competency-building in the higher education institutions (HEIs) rather than financial doles and incentives that should draw international academics to India in order to make the global traffic two way and financially viable for the country. IoHE to become viable and financially sustainable requires more comprehensive institutional efforts and mechanisms to bring in fee-paying ISs, research grants and multinational industry endowments.

Social implications

With more fee-paying outbound students and more non-fee-paying or highly subsidised inbound student growth, the situation is already critical in terms of financial implications. This can have long-term implications of societal divide arising out of “global academic impoverishment” of majority Indian students unless state-supported assistance to ensure equitable access to international opportunities is provided to the needy students in the country.

Originality/value

This article is an analytical update on India's HE internationalisation and can be a valuable resource for policymakers, analysts as well as researchers.

中文翻译：

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印度高等教育国际化的趋势和策略

目的

这项研究旨在探讨该国高等教育国际化（IoHE）的过去趋势，以及如何调整印度的高等教育（HE）国际化战略以使印度成为区域教育中心和全球人才库。

设计/方法/方法

本文在很大程度上依赖于辅助信息来源。已经使用文件分析和政策审查来分析国际化战略，并使用定量数据分析来绘制趋势。

发现

目前，印度的国际化是不平衡的，如果不尽快平衡，可能会成为印度经济的流失。印度现在正集中精力纠正其不利的出入境国际学生（IS）流动性，以便对国际高等教育界产生吸引力。印度的战略目标是“准备主办”，这取决于实施新计划和计划的机构能力。印度高等教育的国际信誉在很大程度上取决于质量的提高。

研究局限/意义

该研究纯粹基于辅助资源。通过与政策制定者和从业者之间的初级互动，进一步扩大交流将很有趣。

实际影响

它是学术因素和非学术因素的混合，从而提高了高等教育机构（HEI）的教学，学习和能力建设的质量，而不是金融学徒和激励措施，应将国际学者吸引到印度以使全球发展成为可能。为该国提供两种交通方式并在经济上可行。为了实现生存力和财务上的可持续性，要想实现这一目标，就需要更全面的体制努力和机制来引入付费的IS，研究补助金和跨国公司的行业捐赠。

社会影响

随着更多付费学生和更多非付费或高度补贴的入境学生的增长，从财务影响来看，这种情况已经很严重。这可能对大多数印度学生的“全球学术贫困”所造成的社会分化产生长期影响，除非为该国有需要的学生提供国家支持的援助，以确保他们有平等机会获得国际机会。

创意/价值

本文是对印度高等教育国际化的分析更新，可以为决策者，分析人员和研究人员提供宝贵的资源。