Governance in education is well recognized as critical to institutional performance and effectiveness. Governance and Management of Higher Education in India is the fifth book in the series India Higher Education Report initiated by the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration. The book examines macro issues of governance, focusing on the role of the state and market, regulation at national and state levels, and accountability measures. It also looks at institutional issues of autonomy, affiliation, teacher recruitment, and managing quality and excellence. The discussions in the book centre on theoretical perspectives and empirical evidences. The volume will be an important resource for academics, policy makers as well as scholars and researchers of public policy, political science and economics. Contents: Preface Acknowledgements N.V. Varghese and Garima Malik Governance of Higher Education in India: An Introduction PART I Governance and Management: Macro Issues Kuldeep Mathur State, Market and Governance of Higher Education Furqan Qamar Regulation of Higher Education in India I. Ramabrahmam and G. Umamaheswararao The State Councils of Higher Education: A Case for Strengthening Intermediary Agencies M. Anandakrishnan Accountability Measures to Improve Governance PART-II Governance and Management: Institutional Issues Mohd. Muzammil Governance and Management of Affiliated Colleges G. D. Sharma Management of Autonomous Colleges: A Movement from Academic Colonialism to Freedom and Democratization of Higher Education Garima Malik Governance and Autonomy: A Study of Central and State Universities Rakesh Raman Governance and Management of Higher Education at the Institutional Level: Reality, Concerns and Transmutation Rajen Harshe Managing Transition from “State” to “Central” University in the University of Allahabad: Issues and Challenges: A Vice Chancellor’s Perspective PART-III Managing Quality at the Institutional Level Supriya Chaudhuri Managing Quality and Excellence: Conceptual and Institutional Factors Narayanan Annalakshmi, Rajalakshmi Bhavana and Bhuvana Esther Mnaging Quality and Excellence at the Institutional Level: A Study of Bharathiar University Sudhanshu Bhushan The Political Economy of Governance in Higher Education: Temporary Teachers Phenomenon Pankaj Mittal Leveraging Technology to Solve the Pentagon Puzzle of Higher Education in India Nidhi S. Sabharwal Managing Student Diversity in Indian Higher Education Institutions: Achieving Academic Integration and Social Inclusion Index