Higher Education in India: Challenges and Opportunities

India has excelled as a center of learning. Ancient universities of repute, like the Nalanda, Takshashila attracted scholars from different corners of the world. The ancient system of education in the Vedic and the Buddhist systems of education. The Medieval era led to the blending of cultures and the advent of the Madrasa as an important center of education. The British colonial rule in India grafted into the Indian society the system of education which was designed by the British for the maintenance of their imperial administration in India, called the Macaulay scheme of education. This forced inheritance made India feel the need for reconstruction far before independence, but it took effect post-independence. Now The world has realized that the economic success of the states is directly determined by their education systems. Education is a Nation’s Strength. A developed nation is inevitably an educated nation. Indian higher education system is the third largest in the world, next to the United States and China. Since independence, India as a developing nation is contentiously progressing in the education eld. Although there have been a lot of challenges to the higher education system of India equally have lot of opportunities to overcome these challenges and to make higher education system much better. It needs greater transparency and accountability, the role of colleges and universities in the new millennium, and emerging scienti c research on how people learn is of utmost important. India needs well skilled and highly educated people who can drive our economy forward. India provides highly skilled people to other countries; therefore; it is very easy for India to transfer our country from a developing nation to a developed nation. The current study aims to highlight the challenges and to point out the opportunities in the higher education system in India