Envisioning a World-Class University System for India

Abstract

We envision a world-class university system for India using a simple ontology from which a large number of potential 'visions' can be derived systematically, each applicable to a higher education institution. Some visions may not make sense intuitively; and some, although sensible, may not map to a current institution. The combination of visions of the institutions in the system will be a collage of the system.The proposed ontology encapsulates a complete view of the system - it can be extended, modified, and redefined to encapsulate other views. Given a view, it would then be possible to select the appropriate vision to compose the vision of a world-class university system for India. Thus the ontology is a structured envisioning tool for strategic planning.