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Jayant Sanyal

Abstract

Higher Education and its ability to enhance the quality of labour which in turn can result in increasing the competitiveness of one of the emerging economies/countries like India in terms of efficiency in producing goods and services vis-à-vis other nations has in recent years become a critical component, more so a critical parameter of various global studies that are assessing the competitiveness of nations on a regular basis. The Global Competitiveness Index 2018, The Competitiveness study of IMD World Book and the Global Talent Competitiveness Index can serve as few examples where higher education has been related with the quality of labour in any economy. Even, Management Guru Michael Porter has advocated the need of macro-economic competitiveness being one of the layers/levels of competitiveness wherein he has stressed on quality of labour as one of the key factors contributing to competitiveness of any nation. In this context the current paper makes an attempt to examine and understand the degree/level of usage of English language as a medium of instruction in imparting higher education in at the postgraduate level in India. The research methodology adopted for the paper is qualitative in nature with emphasis on collection and analysis of data from secondary sources only. Neither does the paper attempt to undertake any survey for attaining its objectives, nor does it conduct any unstructured interview of any of the experts in education industry, which may be some of the key limitations of the paper. The findings of the paper may encourage further qualitative and quantitative research on the topic of this paper focusing on different streams in which higher education at the post graduate level is offered in India. In a country with 285 affiliating universities and 390950 affiliated colleges offering several post graduate courses as per the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE 2017-18), the current paper may serve a relevant source of information for both the teaching and student fraternity.

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