Globalization of education has led to many changes across the world. India has not been averse to it. Technology has transformed the whole world into a global village. With these changes in time, Indian education is witnessing change in the perspective of the whole world towards it.
In the current scenario, Universities from different parts of the world want to join hands with Indian Universities and be a part of India's lucrative economic strength.

Partnership, Academic Exchanges, Joint Ventures, Research Collaboration, just about everything short of building a campus on Indian soil (illegal) are the ways in which Universities in the UK are seeking a stake in India.

King's College London has set up a centre for Indian studies with Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, which will undertake joint research and see students on exchanges from the UK to India and back. Greenwich has established a Centre for Indian Business, Wolver Hampton is helping to improve the English language skills of school teachers in the Punjab and Lancaster will go a step further, delivering its business, economics and computing degree courses at the GD Goenka World Institute of Higher Education near Delhi from August.

With University of Bedfordshire joining the bandwagon by launching a new joint MBA with a University in India, things couldn't get better for Indian students.

India has developed as the most important emerging economies in education. Professor Ashraf Jawaid, the deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire, does not deny the financial advantage of recruiting more overseas students but says the aims of the joint programme are much wider.

"For the students it is a huge bonus. When they go home they will quickly move up the career ladder," he says. "The world is a smaller place and from here they will get an international degree and grooming in skills such as talking to industry, making presentations and dealing with senior managers," he added.

Higher education has become truly global and there is competition for the best staff and students, says Mike Thornton, the operations manager of the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI). "There is a lot of good research going on in India which complements the work we do in the UK, and it makes good sense to bring the two sides together," he says.