In response to the UAE's demand for information about higher education, this year's Getex exhibition brings together some of the world's leading providers of quality education, as well as human resource training and innovative education technology solutions.
The elitist, tiny tip of the Indian education pyramid can compare with the best anywhere in the world. The endeavour now is to make more slices of the growing pie affordable to all.
More and more Canadian and US universities are showing interest in fostering partnerships with Indian institutes, with 13 international academic tie-ups in the offing.
Alumni from the IIT will meet in December at PanIIT 2006 in Mumbai to work out solutions to India's problems, which include development issues, governance and methodology.
The number of students going overseas to study at university has doubled since 1995 to 2.7 million, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
