India Higher Education
Research Conference 2025

IIT Delhi

21-22, Nov 2025





About The Conference

IHERN and IIT Delhi are organizing the flagship higher education research conference. The India Higher Education Research Conference (IHERC) will be conducted on 21-22 November, 2025 at IIT Delhi. The conference will serve as a platform for presenting high-quality research of relevance to Indian higher education, and also for discussing practice and policy issues relating to Indian higher education. The conference will enable and promote research in the scholarly field of higher education, and linking the same with the practice and policy of higher education in India.

IHERC 2025 will be at the intersection of various scholarly fields, including but not limited to higher education studies, the empirical context of higher education in India, and the practice and policy of higher education in India. The conference expects to have participation from the global scholarly community, with interests in Indian higher education.

Keynote Speakers

profvramgopalrao

Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao

Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani, India

proffazal

Prof. Fazal Rizvi

Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia


Governance and Management

General Chairs

Pankaj Chandra

Pankaj Chandra

Ahmedabad University, India

PHILIP-G.-ALTBACH

Philip Altbach

Boston College, USA


Program Chairs

Camille B. Kandiko Howson

Camille B. Kandiko Howson

Imperial College London, UK

Debananda Misra

Debananda Misra

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

Program Committee

ankursarin

Ankur Sarin

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

gitanjalisen

Gitanjali Sen

Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi

guilio

Giulio Marini

University of Catania
Italy

gwilym

Gwilym Croucher

University of Melbourne
Australia

hamish

Hamish Coates

Australian National University, Australia

miguil

Miguel Antonio Lim

Manchester Institute of Education

morshidi

Morshidi Sirat

University Sains Malaysia (USM)

Saumen

Saumen Chattopadhyay

Jawaharlal Nehru Univ, India

abinandanan

T. A. Abinandanan

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Organizing Committee

Bikrama

Bikrama Daulet Singh

The Convergence Foundation

mousumi

Mousumi Mukherjee

O P Jindal Global University

Neeta Inamdar

Neeta Inamdar

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Vivek Nair

Vivek Nair

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

Sponsors

We welcome sponsorship support to help make IHERC 2025 a success. Partnering with us is a great opportunity to align with the goals of the India Higher Education Research Network (IHERN) and connect with a vibrant community of researchers, policymakers, and institutions.

Interested in sponsoring IHERC 2025?

To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please email us at gauri@iiitd.ac.in

Contact

Gauri Khanna

Conference Manager

iherc2025@iiitd.ac.in


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