WHEN campus recruitments begin to falter, particularly at prestigious institutions, it is a sign that all is not well with higher education. Degrees are meant to at least lead to employment. There are also elliptical goals such as advanced research and the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. If a good school system provides literacy, universities and colleges are meant to give an economy its cutting edge.

It is no secret that India has a serious crisis in higher education. Well-established universities have been declining. They aren’t as robust as they once were as seats of learning and haven't been able to measure up to modern needs. They need more nurturing and less interfernce by the government. On the other hand, private universities and colleges are of uneven quality, the majority of them delivering poor quality of education.