Foreign universities’ entry into India will raise academic standards

If Foreign universities’ If foreign universities are allowed entry in India it will immediately increase competition for Indian institutes with resultant pressure on them to improve quality.  Just as multinational companies have been transmission belts for state-of-art practices in management, foreign universities are expected to bring with them the culture of rigour and excellence in research and academic standards with possible spin-off effects on their Indian counterparts.
Indian students will benefit in terms of getting best education at moderate cost. Second, if the universities offer internationally accredited programmes in India, the Indian students will be entitled to transfer of credits globally. Third, in the context of General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), Indian students will have skills and qualifications which are transferable across the globe.
Students will however miss the international exposure. Institutes like INSEAD in France and IMD in Switzerland have become global meeting places. For instance, the 90-plus class of IMD Lausanne comprises students from over 60 countries. The learning that occurs in terms of living abroad and interacting with students from different countries is what students studying in a foreign university on Indian shores will miss.
Entry of foreign universities will not be an unmixed blessing. They come but with a commercial motive. With an ageing population, increased restrictions on immigration, fewer employment opportunities and escalation of racial abuse in countries like Australia and the UK, the foreign universities are finding it difficult to get international students. Hence, they are now trying to shift the campus to where the students (the market is) are.
It is common knowledge that the quality of education offered in these countries ranges, as in India, from very good to very bad. There are instances where several hundred students are enrolled into a class and are made to sit in different classrooms with access to the faculty on a video screen and interacting through microphones. The impact on the quality of education is easy to see.

The government must follow the WTO principles of non-discrimination and national treatment and address the issues of a level playing field.
It is the Indian institutes more than Indian students who will be impacted adversely. Most Indian institutes do not have the international orientation, financial muscle and brand equity of the reputed Ivy League institutions.
It is best that Indian students be cautious.
Not all foreign universities offer quality education. While Indian universities are known to offer some depth in terms of course
curriculum coverage, some foreign universities offer degrees more easily with
bare minimum contact hours and course
coverage.
It also remains to be seen whether
and how best foreign universities can contextualize the course offering to make it relevant for Indian students and the needs of Indian employers. Students must also check if the degrees they offer in India are internationally accredited.