India’s Intention to Become a “Global Talent House” through Internationalization

In today’s episode I speak with Dr. Mona Khare about India’s bold policy vision to not only increase the number of international students coming to India, but the country’s broader goals for embedding internationalization into the higher education system.  Dr. Khare has immense knowledge from her research on the context of international student mobility into and out from India.  She was recently appointed to be Director of the University Grants Commission- Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre and is a professor and Head of the Department of Educational Finance at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, as well as a member of the 15th Finance Commission for Education sector funds estimation, for the government of India.  Finally, she has served as a consultant for organizations including UNESCO, Asia Productivity Organisation, UNICEF, the World Bank and government bodies as expert on higher education internalization, Graduate employment and employability, Gender and child Budgeting, Education financing and Regional disparities in Economic development. Relevant work by Dr. Mona Khare: Khare, M. (2021). Trends and strategies towards internationalisation of higher education in India.  Khare, M. (2023). External Aid: Shifting Dynamics of India’s Higher Education Cooperation and Exchange. Number 83: Special Issue, The Boston  College Centre for International Higher Education (CIHE).   Khare, M. (2015). India’s Emergence as Regional Education Hub. Khare, M. (2014). Ideological Shift in Indian Higher Education Internationalization. International Higher Education, Number 78: Special Issue, The Boston College Centre for International Higher Education (CIHE). Khare, M. (2019). Making India a Sought –After Destination for Higher Education, in Laura E Rumbley and Hans de Wit ed “Innovative and Inclusive Internationalisation, CIHE Perspectives" No.11, World Education Services and The Boston College Centre for International Higher Education (CIHE). Khare, M. (2020). "Inbound Student  Mobility In Indian Higher Education: A Concern for Gendered Realities," University News, Vol. 58, No 30, AIU, New Delhi with Sonam Arora. Recent publications by Dr. Mona Khare: Khare Mona Ed. (2024). "Sustainable and Dynamic Graduate Employability: A Comparative Overview Across Geographies."  The book is available for pre-orders.  Varghese, N.V., & Khare, M. (Eds.). (2021). India Higher Education Report 2020: Employment and Employability of Higher Education Graduates in India (1st ed.). Routledge India.  Khare, Mona. (2023). “Gendered Concerns of Improved Female Participation in Higher Education.” In George Noblit (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Oxford University Press.   “Investing in education for the common good" in  Gerard A. Postiglione,Christopher J. Johnstone, and Wesley R. Teter, (ed) Handbook of Education Policy , Elgar Handbooks in Education, Edward Elgar Publications.UK pp 99-115 (2023).