siliconindia | | MARCH 20239invited feedback from stakeholders. Despite the national and international geographical divisions, indeed, this would be an excellent move towards the harmony of the global education system. Though, it was envisaged in the National Education Policy, 2020. According to the UGC's draft, a foreign university among the top 500 global rankings or a foreign educational institution of repute in its home jurisdiction is allowed to apply to the UGC to establish a campus in India. The campus would have the independence to develop its admission process, fee structure, and criteria to admit domestic and foreign students. The draft reads, the fee should be `reasonable and transparent'. The flexibility to recruit faculty and staff from India and abroad would certainly give a big opportunity for the students. However, the universities and colleges are not allowed to "offer any such programme of study which jeopardizes the national interest of India or the standards of higher education in India". They will also be allowed cross-border movement of funds.The objective is to provide an international dimension to higher education, enable Indian students to obtain foreign qualifications at a reasonable cost, and make India an attractive global study destination with the entry of FHEIs into India. UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar has declared that in keeping with the National Educational Policy 2020, a step forward to the internationalization of Indian higher education would be granting permission to foreign universities to set up campuses in India. As mentioned in NEP 2020, "A legislative framework facilitating such entry will be put in place, and such universities will be given special dispensation regarding
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