A Comparative Study on the Impact of Governance Practices Between Public and Private Urban Universities in the Telangana State

By : Srinivas Bangaru

Page No: 119-135

Abstract
There has been an argument that self-financed Private Universities are familiar for their best performance from the perspective of policymakers. Several countries worldwide, including India, are dropping their share in funding Public Universities with a direction to generate their internal revenues for self-sustenance. Nearly after two decades, the prospects of Indian Public Higher Education remain the same resulting in the rise of private higher education. The present comparative study helps to identify the best governance practices in comparison with each other in terms of “accessibility, equity, affordability, quality and accountability” considered to be the five pillars of higher education by the Government of India. Based on the study results, important policy suggestions have been provided for improved quality higher education explicitly in Public Universities in India.

Author :
Srinivas Bangaru : Assistant Registrar, University of Hyderabad, India.