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India's universities are now competing to commercialise research, work with industry, and produce graduates able to start businesses.

For decades, institutions have been pressured to mirror Western universities. US university system has its strengths, but India should not copy its weaknesses

India doesn’t need to wait for institutions to take cues from western gatekeepers. The next generation is already innovating — and is not asking for permission

The US must remain open to the world’s talent, but it also must be smart. Visa and research screening should include affiliations, risk, and research domains.

There’s no doubt that bloated government bureaucracies need pruning—like an overgrown forest choking off light and life beneath. Universities, too, have often lost their way, nurturing ideological extremes and tolerating open defiance of civil norms. Harvard and other elite institutions have enabled left-wing extremism, including support for Hamas and a disturbing rise in antisemitism. Free speech has suffered, and accountability has waned. These institutions must be held to U.S. laws and ethical standards.