Synopsis India in its post independence period, under the most dynamic leadership of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, laid great stress on the development of higher education. Independent India has developed a very massive system of higher education, with as many as 189 universities and about two lakh colleges and occupies third position in the world in the field of technical and technological man power. The book dwells on some of these aspects. University Grants Commission of India has played a very crucial role in the development of higher education and the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has not been lacking in providing financial assistance in the development of higher education in India.