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Academia-Industry Linkages for Sustainable Innovation in Agriculture Higher Education in India
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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the World Bank have collaborated on a project entitled the National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) to improve agricultural higher education in India, paving the way for sustainable higher education in agriculture. As part of this project, the present investigation was carried out through national-level workshops involving seven State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) across India, with participants from academia and industry, to strengthen ‘academia–industry collaboration’ through effective linkages. Based on the responses of 199 respondents from academia and industry, the study demonstrates an absolute need for linkages between universities and industries (p < 0.001), which are perceived to help improve higher education sustainably. Academic institutions believe that such linkages benefit students concerning their employability, entrepreneurial skills, and financial support received. At the same time, industries believe that they would benefit from novel technologies and influencing academic curricula. This article also establishes an alliance between some parts of academia and industry in the form of MoUs in the identified areas. However, many other areas need more appropriate linkage models. Both sectors, i.e., academia and industry, concur that such exposure and collaboration between the two entities will help to improve the quality of education. Moreover, such collaborations provide financial support, increase students’ employability, and improve their entrepreneurial skills. Among the areas requiring collaboration, the ‘capacity building of students’ was rated most important by academia and industry. Overall, the present study has significant implications for university administrators and industry leaders involved in enhancing academia–industry cooperation and improving the quality and sustainability of higher education in agriculture. Further, the study greatly contributes to the National Education Policy (NEP) to promote innovation among the student communities through Higher Educational Institutes (HEIs) and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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- Authors
- Soam, S. K., Subbanna, Y. B., Rathore, S., Sumanth Kumar, V. V., Kumar, S., Vinayagam, S. S., Rakesh, S., Balasani, R., Raju, D. T., Kumar, A., Srinivasa Rao, N., Krishnan, P., Marwaha, S., Agrawal, A., Srinivasa Rao, C., & Agrawal, R. C.
- Affiliations
- National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (IN)
- ICAR—National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad 500030, India
- Bay Of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (IN)
- Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IN)
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Soam, Sudhir Kumar
- ORCID
- Venue
- Sustainability
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2023-11-30
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 16450
- ISSN
- 2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4389193448
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 10
- FWCI
- 3.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- NAHEP (2018)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Educational Research and Science Teaching
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Human Resources and Workforce
- Keywords
- academia-industry collaboration, agricultural higher education, sustainable innovation, state agricultural universities, employability, entrepreneurial skills, capacity building, university-industry collaboration, national education policy, Sustainable Development Goals, curriculum development
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