Chapter 2: Current System: Broken and Disconnected
Pune, January 2014: Mukund Kapase recently joined an automobile company as an assembly-line worker after his dreams of joining the IT industry were repeatedly crushed. He was deemed “unemployable” by the IT companies even after receiving several degrees. India’s higher-education system has let Mukund and his family down. His story is similar to millions of India’s youth graduating from colleges and universities across the country. What is the state of India’s higher education
Chapter 1: Destination: India's New Golden Age
New Delhi, 2047: Gautama Raju just won the prestigious National Impact Award from the Prime Minister. Gautama was the first person from his coastal village in Andhra Pradesh to get a college degree. Based on his high school results, science projects, glowing recommendations from teachers, and thirst for learning, he was given a full scholarship for his undergraduate studies at one of the premier research universities in the world – the National University of India (NUI), Gand