With Indian universities repeatedly failing to figure among the top 200 educational institutions of the world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acknowledged in a candid speech that the quality of higher education in India leaves much to be desired. 

Calling for an "over-riding emphasis on quality" at the conference of vice chancellors of central universities organised by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Singh admitted that the unprecedented growth in higher education could be happening without any commensurate improvement in quality. Reports Indian Express