DESIGNING A NEW STRUCTURE for Affiliating-type Universities 1.0 A Brief History of Higher Education in India: Before the end of the thirteenth century, India had universities like Takshshila, Nalanda and Vallabhi, which attracted scholars both from the Indian sub-continent and from the rest of the world. In addition, in every major city, there were Acharya-centric institutions, which may be called residential colleges, by today’s terminology. If a student was accepted, the education at the universities and the colleges was offered free of cost. The expenses of the universities and the colleges were paid by the society through allocation of revenue from certain villages for these institutions. By the end of the 13 th century, all the universities were destroyed, when the kings in the areas of the university were defeated by the invaders from the north-western part of India. During the period from the 14 th century to the beginning of the 19 th century, the Col...
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