Three B.C. universities join courting mission to India - Report Card

Three B.C. universities join courting mission to India - Report Card

Three university president from B.C. will join a delegation travelling to India this fall in a bid to improve academic relations as that country prepares to open its doors to foreign universities. Clearly, there's a lot of excitement about India's proposed Foreign Education Providers bill, which would set ground rules for universities wanting to open campuses and grant degrees in India. "If you are a university with global aspirations, you simply cannot ignore India," Tim Goreof the Centre for India Business at Greenwich University told an AUCC workshop over the summer (as reported by Leo Charbonneau of University Affairs.)

But the legislation contains a few snags, Charbonneau reports.

1. Foreign universities wanting to open an Indian campus would be required to deposit $11 million US with the Indian government to protect students in case the school breaks the law or folds.

2. Foreign universities would be required to reinvest any profit in India