Internationalization of Higher Education in India: Contribution to Regional Capacity Building in Neighbouring Countries

The notions of globalization and knowledge economy are concomitant. Higher education and work-preparedness competencies are the chief levers that impel economies to scale the value chain by optimizing the capacity building potential of their workforce. This assumes an even greater significance in developing countries because the vast majority of them are beset with higher education systems are in gross disrepair, and the governments are ill-equipped to take the situation in hand. It is in this thematic backdrop that the paper studies India's contribution to regional capacity building through internationalization of higher education. The Indian higher education system has a long-standing tradition of drawing students from other developing countries in Asia and Africa; and, in this, India offers the “source countries” an avenue to enhance their human capital base. The paper studies the research concern through descriptive and critical synthesis of published literature.