India's rules for foreign unis 'too rigid' Hillary Clinton at US-India higher education summit FOREIGN universities will have to be non-profit to operate in India, the Times of India has reported. The rules have been decided by the University Grants Commission and the Ministry of Human Resource Development after years of debate and speculation. But US education commentators Jason Lane and Kevin Kinser say India's requirements appear too restrictive. "Few universities, we believe, will see any advantage to entering India under the new rules," they say in a blog for the Chronicle of Higher Education. For a country with problems involving higher education capacity and quality, this is a missed opportunity. They cite rules that any foreign entrant must be ranked within the global top 400, incorporate in India as a non-profit, endow each campus with more than $US4 million in funds, and re-invest any surplus revenue. And the Times of India reports that a foreign branch campus would "not be allowed to offer any course that adversely affects the sovereignty and integrity of India or its friendly relations with other countries." Although India has a younger population, its development of higher education capacity lags that of China.