Review of Research International Online Multidisciplinary Journal ISSN 2249-894X Impact Factor : 3.1402 (UIF) Volume - 5 | Issue -5 | Feb - 2016 Available online at www.lbp.world 1 Ror ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM OF INDIA Bilal Ahmad Bhat 1 and Zaffar Ahmad Nadaf 2 1,2 Research Scholars, Department of Education, Aligarh Muslim University , Aligarh. ABSTRACT Indian higher education system is the third largest in the world, next to the United States and China. Since independence, India as a developing nation is continuously progressing in the education field. India needs further well-skilled and highly-educated people who can drive our economy forward. It provides highly skilled people to other countries of the world therefore; it is very easy for India to move the economy of our country from a developing nation to a developed nation. In this direction, an attempt has been made to highlight the emerging recent issues and challenges in the sphere of Higher Education (HE) in India, especially in provincial and semi-urban ranges. First the issues of the Higher Education were highlighted in relation to the highly energetic folk of the country with the exploitation aspect of the students in view. Then the challenges of the system are being focused with the roles of the system in view are being dealt with. The current study aims to highlight the challenges and issues in higher education system in India. KEYWORDS : Higher Education, Issues, Challenges.. INTRODUCTION World has realized that India is the most noteworthy Higher Education System in itself. We have attempted to concentrate on the issues identified with under study and issues identified with biggest academic system in the third world, with more than of five million students taking Higher Education in more than 12000 colleges and universities. India is additionally the third world examination/ research super power , spending an extensive sum over (8%) the planning and change of higher education itself is exceptionally troublesome the most dominant politicians, who run the institution as the business and benefit making industry , principally dominate the issue as it. An educationist has rightly pointed out that the Indian Higher Education in inconsistencies pockets of examination are substandard colleges, the best