This is the most pointed critique as well as the best possible treatise for building the right sorts of educational institutions in India. Chandra provides the crucial intersection of theory and practice, local and global perspectives, transgressing real and imagined boundaries to paint, ultimately, a landscape of hope.
Kunal Basu, Professor, Said School of Business, University of Oxford
What the book has accomplished is monumental in terms of placing in perspective the context, the policy environment, the ecosystem, the structure and the dynamics of higher education in India. The author’s analysis of the complexities involved as well as the insights … provides a much needed reference frame for both scholars and practitioners of higher education.
Shyam Menon, Vice Chancellor, Ambedkar University Delhi
Building Universities That Matter is a pioneering endeavour emphasizing the critical importance of organisational processes and procedures … for building effective higher educational institutions. The book’s lucid analysis and recommendations makes it a ‘must read’ for anyone who cares about the future of higher education in India.
Devesh Kapur, Professor, Political Science, and Director, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania
Indian universities have lost their purpose and very few stakeholders realise that they have been responsible for it. This book is a remarkably probing work that can help educationists find new and creative ways to pull higher education out of the deep morass.
R. C. Tripathi, Former Professor of Psychology and Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Allahabad