♦ On 22 December 2025, NITI Aayog released a policy report laying out a long-term roadmap to internationalise India’s higher education system, with the stated goal of turning the country into a global hub for education and research by 2047. Titled 'Internationalisation of Higher Education in India: Prospects, Potential, and Policy Recommendations', the report aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and places emphasis on “internationalisation at home”.

♦ The report was released by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery, Members V.K. Paul and Arvind Virmani, and CEO B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, in the presence of Higher Education Secretary Vineet Joshi and AICTE Chairman T.G. Sitharam.

♦ Prepared in collaboration with an IIT Madras-led consortium, the report examines internationalisation at global, national and institutional levels. It tracks trends in academic mobility over the past two decades and identifies opportunities to increase student and faculty exchanges, deepen international research collaboration, and set up foreign university campuses in India as well as Indian campuses abroad.

♦ The study draws on a nationwide survey of 160 higher education institutions across 24 states, inputs from 140 national and international stakeholders at a workshop held at IIT Madras, and interviews with experts from 30 institutions across 16 countries.

♦ The report makes 22 policy recommendations, backed by 76 action pathways and 125 performance indicators, across five thematic areas — strategy, regulation, finance, branding and outreach, and curriculum and culture — aimed at accelerating the internationalisation of India’s higher education ecosystem.