Objectives: To examine India’s current status in the international higher education sector and to compare it with that in the global level.
Methodology: The study is based primarily on secondary data. The secondary data was collected from reports of various international agencies like UNESCO, World Bank etc., Annual reports of Government of India, journals, websites etc. The data analysis was done with the help of popular statistical tools like percentage, averages, growth index, graphical representations etc.
Findings: India’s growth rate in international students’ mobility is almost stable and there has been no significant change in the selected years. It is also found that the majority of inbound students’ mobility to India is from Asian and African countries compared to other countries. The main reason for this inbound mobility could be the quality of higher education system in India and the lower cost of living etc. It is also observed that the outbound students’ mobility ratio from India has been slightly increased.
Application/Improvement: Now that the international collaboration is generally less in Arts, Humanities and Social Science, researches are very much limited in the field. So, government should give more support to multi and inter-disciplinary research.