Forbes Article on the New Batch of Indian Universities

As my second article as a Forbes Contributor, I have published a review of some of the new universities being built in India, as a response to the huge demand for new types of higher education from its population of over 140 million college-age students. The result is a diverse batch of large universities, science-focused universities, and liberal arts universities that provide more personal and interdisciplinary types of education. These new universities are a clear departure from India’s vaunted IIT system, which provides 5 of India’s 6 universities in the world’s top 300 rankings. One university, KREA University in Chennai, is used as an example of this sort of interdisciplinary education, with its idea of an interwoven curriculum.