Synopsis Dr. K Venkata-subramanian presents the views of academicians, scientists, administrators and policymakers about what ails higher education in India. Volume I has articles by Dr. Arun Nigavekar, Dr. M S Swaminathan, Dr. I G Patel and Prof. Amrik Singh, among others. The discussion on how to improve the quality and use higher education as a means to creating a knowledge economy continues from the first volume. He explores issues of the role of technology, challenges, distance method, medical and technical eduction with experts like K C Pant, Prof. Dayanand Dongaonkar and others.