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In India, there are various types of higher education institutions and all have different characteristics and behaviors. Among the university system, we broadly have three types of universities - Central, State, Private universities, etc. In this proposed work, we have studied various universities from different states of India. This is because central universities have a common financing pattern from the Government of India or its agencies like various ministries of the Government of India and they are governed by similar conditions and constraints. Private universities are run with largely profit considerations and their financing has different parameters and the control mechanism varies. Still, these enjoy enough freedom for financing and expenditures. Given this situation, we had undertaken various universities from different states because financing pattern not only varies across the states of India but also it varies within a state for different universities. State universities have financing and expenditure patterns far different from the Central universities.

We analyzed a few state universities from selected states to understand the dynamics of financing and expenditures. Since the data for such universities is unavailable consistently and within a common framework, it becomes difficult to make a time series analysis or a proper comparative study. Hence, with the available data, we have used the case study method for analysis and deriving inferences for policy suggestions.

Keywords

State universities, Financing, Funding, Expenditures, Case study

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