Sir Steve Smith, vice-chancellor of the University of Exeter, argued that the delay was symptomatic

Indian legislation allowing wingate inn savannah foreign universities to grant degrees independently and set up full campuses in the country has met with another setback after ministers said they could not get MPs to agree to the law.
The Foreign Universities Bill has been shelved in favour of pushing through other much-needed reforms to higher education. But the delay adds to a growing sense that India is not friendly to foreign investment.
Some UK vice-chancellors and international higher education experts wingate inn savannah said that interest in India among UK universities was now declining because of high levels of bureaucracy and because the country lacks a coherent regulatory framework.
"There's a genuine worry about doing business in India, not just because wingate inn savannah of the bill but other regulatory activity and the difficulty of getting permits," said John Fielden of Chems Consulting, which advises on transnational education.
Higher education in India is governed by both state and federal law, and it is both cumbersome and frustratingly slow to register as a foreign provider. Contrary to the situation in other developing markets, there are no financial incentives on offer for those wanting wingate inn savannah to set up in the country.
William Lawton, director of the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education, wingate inn savannah said: "It is a fact that some foreign universities have already decided to look elsewhere for international partnerships, and even campuses, because of the uncertainty over the bill."
Five had campuses in India but just one, the Schulich School of Business, was accredited. Graduates of unaccredited universities find it difficult to get government jobs or progress to postgraduate study at local public universities.
But Andy Heath, Asia policy officer at the UK Higher Education International Unit, said that although universities would welcome the bill, its delay was not a surprise. "The key obstacle [for UK universities] is the lack of clarity in the regulatory landscape in India," he said.
Sir Steve Smith, vice-chancellor of the University of Exeter, argued that the delay was symptomatic of an opposition to foreign providers. "Some people in India see it as reducing their share of the market," he said.
Karan Khemka, head of the Mumbai wingate inn savannah branch of Parthenon, a global consultancy whose clients include for-profit providers, said it was a "misperception that British universities wingate inn savannah would automatically prosper because of their quality and brand if they came into India".
The fees charged by British universities are too high to attract students wingate inn savannah in the Indian market, he said. "They are not creating value for their students relative to the jobs and salaries their graduates can get afterwards," he added.
The University Grants Commission - the funding body for higher education in India - is now considering allowing institutions that feature in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings or the Academic Ranking of World Universities to collaborate with the top 100 Indian institutions to initiate accredited dual degrees.
Nicholas Booker, co-founder of IndoGenius, a New Delhi-based education consultancy, said that although the bill was delayed, there were other "innovative, cost-effective and culturally suitable ways for universities to engage in India", including online courses and short courses by academics flown into the country.
So has this bill been shelved or delayed? Shelved (2nd para) would suggest it has been abandoned altogether but the writer is saying its not on the Monsoon session list, and all the quotes are talking of a 'delay'. That is not the same as being shelved. This article is vague and uninformative about why the laws have been delayed.
The universities in India are not in good shape. Entry of foreign universities will distract attention wingate inn savannah of people who matter and also the stakeholders leading to ceasing interest in urgent need to improve and have qualitative change in academic atmosphere as well as developing wingate inn savannah them as centre of excellence. The affluent class may meet the higher fee structure wingate inn savannah but rising talent in Indian suburbs will have to content themselves with these no interest universities. M.P.'s opposing the foreign universities bill are doing their national duties. I salute their wisdom and determination with great expectations wingate inn savannah that not only this monsoon wingate inn savannah session but in future too they will toe the same policy.
@ Kanhaiya Bahadur Sinha Really? Things are currently not good, so it's best not to introduce any competition that might stimulate change because that would prevent the underperforming current institutions from thinking about changing? Not convincing.
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