| Infosym 2010 | | | | education institutions. |
| (International Conference on Internationalization of | | | | In order to explore these dimensions, Symbiosis |
| Higher Education with special reference to | | | | International (Deemed University) is organizing an |
| Management Education) | | | | International Conference on Internationalization of |
| The Indian higher education system has witnessed a | | | | Higher Education with special reference to |
| significant expansion in the recent years, especially in | | | | Management Education, at its world class campus, |
| terms of the number of institutions and the student | | | | situated at Pune – 411 042, India on 14th & |
| enrollment. According to the report on FICCI Higher | | | | 15th October 2010. |
| Education Summit 2009, India has more than 400 | | | | The objectives of the conference are: |
| universities and 20,000 colleges and out of these, | | | | - To provide academicians, business leaders, students |
| about 63% are privately held, unaided institutions. | | | | and researchers, a platform to present and discuss |
| Though these are positive trends, the Indian higher | | | | various aspects of Internationalization of Higher |
| education system continues to show many | | | | Education. |
| shortcomings which create challenges in fulfilling future | | | | - To find out emerging trends in internationalization of |
| expectations, mainly arising due to globalization. In | | | | higher education and to apply them to make Indian |
| spite of having more higher education institutions than | | | | higher education world class. |
| any other country in the world, very few Indian | | | | - To examine the special challenges in internationalizing |
| higher education institutions feature in the list of | | | | Management Education, which has a strong local |
| leading institutions in the world. At the same time, | | | | national dimension,- unlike the pure sciences or even |
| globalization has brought the world closer which has | | | | social sciences like Economics, that remain constant |
| expanded the horizons of Indian students who are | | | | across boundaries. |
| expecting a world class education from Indian higher | | | | |