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Canada-India Academic Cooperation:

Opportunities and Challengesfor a Major University

H. Deep SainiVice-President, University of TorontoPrincipal, University of Toronto Mississauga

Indian students at the University of Toronto

Full-time-equivalent enrolment 2010-11Undergraduate Graduate Total

Total 53,226 13,385 66,611International 7,482 1,787 9,269India 290 136 426

China + HK 3,284 323 3,607% International 43.9% 18.1% 38.9%

% International 3.9% 7.6% 4.6%

University of Toronto and exchanges with IndiaMontek Singh AhluwaliaDeputy Chair, Planning Commission of India

Dr T. Ramasami Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (2009)

Minister Kapil Sibal (2005/2008)Minister of Science and Technology November 2005 and June 2008

His Excellency Dr. Abdul KalamFormer President of India - April 18th 2008

MP Shashi Tharoor (Oct 2011)

India Innovation Institute (Oct 2011)

FICCI Biotechnology Workshop September 2007

TATA GroupJune 2007 - September 2008

Canada-India Nanotechnology Workshops June 2007 and August 2008

Scientific Entrepreneurship Workshop in India (Jan 2012)

And many more…

University of Toronto research initiatives in India

BIOETHICS

Peter Singer and Abdallah Daar examine the contribution of

nanotechnology to addressing major global issues

HEALTHPrabhat Jha is investigating

tobacco and alcohol use among 2M Indian adults as well as

child, maternal & adult mortality among 6.7M Indians

BUSINESSRotman School of Management

provides a professional development program for senior

managers employed by the Indian Railways, the second largest railway network in the

world

NURSE PRACTIONER PROGRAM

The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) and the University Health Network (UHN) are collaborating with the Lawrence S. Bloomberg, Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto to develop the first Nurse Practitioner Program in India and a Global Health/Primary Care post-Masters program. Freida Chavez (inset) coordinates the project.

ENGINEERING

Levente Diosady discovered how to fortify salt with iron, offering a cure for anaemia which affects

some 2 billion people worldwide

Opportunities and Challengesfor a Major University?

India – the academic opportunities

The Current Enrolment in Higher Education

EnrolmentGross Enrolment Ratio (GER)

China 25.4 M 23% (2007)

India 16 M 12% (2010)

USA 17.8 M 83% (2007)

The Enrolment Projections for Higher Education2010 2020

GER 12% 30%Total enrolment 16 M 40 M

India – the other opportunities

• Research and Development• Industrial collaborations• Social engagement

The paradox that is India…

• Ambition vs Inertia• Energy vs Chaos• Nationalism vs Corruption• Wealth vs Poverty• Brilliance vs Bizarre

etc…

…But also an incredible ability to mobilize

• Green revolution

…But also an incredible ability to mobilize

• Green revolution• Economic liberalization

…But also an incredible ability to mobilize

• Green revolution• Economic liberalization• The communication revolution

…But also an incredible ability to mobilize

• Green revolution• Economic liberalization• The communication revolution

• Could education be the next one?

So what should a Major University expect in this

environment?

Why are you in India?

How Indians see it:• Prestige-enhancing (top ~50 universities)• Prestige-seeking (next 100 universities)• Revenue maximizing (beyond top 150)

QS World University Rankings 2011 (Top 250)Country Top 50 Top 100 Top 250

USA 20 31 59

UK 9 19 33

Australia 5 8 10

Japan 3 6 12

Hong Kong 3 3 6

Canada 2 4 11

China 2 3 7

Switzerland 2 3 7

France 2 2 10

South Korea 1 3 7

Singapore 1 2 2

Germany 4 21

Netherlands 3 12

Sweden 2 6

Denmark 2 3

Belgium 1 6

New Zealand 1 4

Ireland 1 3

Country Top 50 Top 100

Top 250

Finland 1 3

Taiwan 1 2

Israel 3

Spain 3

Norway 2

Austria 2

Brazil 2

Thailand 2

Italy 2

Saudi Arabia 2

India 2 (+9 at 251-700)

Russia 1

South Africa 1

Malaysia 1

Mexico 1

Indonesia 1

Chile 1

Alternative opportunities

• Upstarts offer some of the best long-term opportunities

• Good time to engage with newer and promising private institutions

• Requires patience, focus on your objectives, and and steady hand

• Long term investment

Where are the students?

• Acceptance rate in the top institutions is 3-5%

• Yet, thousands of seats remain unfilled at the lower endFor example, unfilled quotas in engineering in states:West Bengal 6,000

Orissa 2,600

Punjab 10,000

Karnataka 6,500

Etc. …and the numbers are increasing

The elephant in the room…

ACCESS