In less than two years, India with more than 60 percent of its population in the working age group is set to become the youngest country in the world. India will have the potential and energy capable of bringing about an unprecedented change in society. This is a huge opportunity, but is our education system preparing the youth to channelize this energy and knowledge in the right direction? Since independence, the number of central and state universities has increased manifold making education accessible to every stratum of the society. The last two decades have seen an unprecedented transformation in higher education system in the country. Universities have sprung up countrywide to cater to the growing size of young population. Private educational institutes have mushroomed and are contributing significantly to the expansion of higher education in the country. India has the second largest higher education system in the world, where private universities increased from 36 percent in...