Demand for quality higher education in India is continuing to outpace the supply due to growing population of young people, gains in school education, and the aspirations of a growing middle class. Higher education now occupies a central position in the country's strategy for global competitiveness and inclusive growth and steps have been initiated to augment supply and improve quality. The National Knowledge Commission has made several recommendations and the government has increased funding. This book offers a framework for creation of a competitive environment in higher education to ensure that both public and private institutions develop and become more responsive and innovative; public funds are better utilized and apart from increasing the supply of high quality institutions; raise the average standards of all institutions. It also recommends that strategic interventions with an incremental approach are required in higher education. While reviewing various facets of the Indian higher education, the book adopts a systems approach to achieve coherence and multi-level coordination required to address its genuine concerns on a long-term basis.