This book provides a comprehensive overview of higher education in India and China and the complexity of issues involved. It focuses on gaining understanding of education systems, governance mechanisms, globalisation and emergence of the private sector, action policies of both the countries and their impact on education and society. Offering a comparative perspective, the book discusses why China is ahead of India in Higher Education when both share the similar challenges of burgeoning young population and scarcity of resources. It examines the success in providing equitable access to both country¿s marginalised sections. It also discusses the directions of future growth through National Education Policy, 2020 and the 13th Five Year Plan of the Chinese State Council. Combining rich content and a broad scope, the book offers a valuable key to understanding Higher Education system of India and China. It is a useful read for students and researchers in social sciences, education area.

Historical context of higher education.- Evolution of higher education policy in China.- Evolution of higher education policy in India,- Higher education and equity and affirmative action in China.- Higher education and equity and affirmative action in India.- Internationalization of higher education in China.- Internalization of higher education in India.- Quality, global ranking, and the rise of China.-  India's quest for global rankings.- The way forward China.

Kavita Sharma is an accomplished academician. She has been an active contributor to the cause of higher education through her teaching, publications, and the institutions she has been associated with. She has published several books, including Internationalisation of Education, Sixty Years of University Grants Commission, Hindu College, Delhi-A People's Movement and The Windmills of the Mind. Her research papers on various topics, including higher education, language, immigration and identity, culture and women, have made their way into many reputed national and international publications. She holds a Ph.D. Degree in English from the University of Delhi and an LLM degree from the University of British Columbia, Canada. A Fulbright fellow, she was conferred the Indira Gandhi Sadbhavana Award by the National Integration and Economic Council in 2005. She is associated with many professional organizations, is Vice President Indian Comparative Literature Association,  Member International Comparative Literature Association,  Indian Law Institute. She has been the founder and president of the Parent's Forum for Meaningful Education.