TREND IN RECONSTRUCTING THE HIGHER EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY: STUDENTS' AND TEACHERS' PERSPECTIVE IN THE ERA OF NEO-LIBERALISM

perspective in the era of neo-liberalism. Study reveals different realm and possibilities like teachers’ availability,
job-related skills, competition, higher enrolment, conducive environment, and privatisation. In higher education
this all are not a new terms in India. However, since India started grab the neoliberal policies in 1991, the
objectives of higher education in India have increasingly shifted from philanthropy to profit-making. The present
study took survey method of quantitative approach is used. Total sample comprises of 486 students and 46
teachers altogether 532 no. of sample surveyed. Three-stage sampling technique was used to select the samples.
From HEIs from entire Navi Mumbai area. The attempt made to show how the trend in reconstructing higher
education system in India is gradually changing to achieve its United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development
Goals (SDG) commitments by 2030.