EXPENDING DOMAINS IN INDIAN HIGHER EDUCATION: Written by K B POWAR, Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi, 2012, Rs. 450. pp i-viii+295, ISBN-81-7520-114-2, PB.

The Higher Education System in India has shown a remarkable growth during the past few decades. It has been able to expand its horizon in terms of approach as well as use of technology. This expansion requires recapitulation of the journey the Education System has traversed with a clear perspective for the developments that have occurred and are still taking place. The current Volume by K B Powar tries to highlight the expanding domains in Higher Education System in India focusing on topics of contemporary relevance. The Volume, spread over 12 Chapters, is divided into 3 parts and each of the parts covers a whole gamut of the developments which have taken place in the broader domain. The first section ‘The Background’ has four chapters dealing with status of higher education in the country ranging from role, concerns and changing scenario of higher education, economic and employment perspectives, providers of higher education to professional education and statutory councils regulating the relevant areas of education.