ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURES FOR WORLD- CLASS UNIVERSITIES

Higher education institutions including universities finding more challenges due to enhanced competitions worldwide. Innovations in higher education model are finding importance than ever before due to enhanced higher education institutions and the advancement in technology adopted mass education opportunities. After privatization of higher education, there is an enhanced competition between universities to attract students globally. Universities are competing with each other in terms of their physical and intellectual assets. In this paper, it is postulated that the six essential infrastructures to be developed by a university for accelerated growth as world-class university are (1) Physical infrastructure, (2) Digital infrastructure, (3) Innovative academic & training Infrastructure for confidence building, (4) Intellectual property infrastructure, (5) Emotional infrastructure, and (6) Networked infrastructure. We have determined the primary focus of these infrastructures along with their essential objectives, components, and the procedure of developing them to the optimum level.