Attack on around 2000 Indians in Australia itself is a matter of real concern and mere discussions won't help. Now, everybody is trying to give their theory so as to how to restrict such attacks on the Indian community. But my point is ‘prevention is better than cure'. Why thousands of Indian students are going to Australia for education? Can't we have international standard universities in India? Why can't we retain the home grown talents and rather why can't we attract foreign students? The government should think over it, as now their biggest tension named ‘election' is over.
 

We should have our own world class universities in India. The private players should play an integral part by starting such projects but should not make it a profit-making business. One such initiative is Vedanta University Project funded by Anil Agarwal, chairman, Vedanta Resources Plc. This is a not-for-profit initiative that will provide world-class education to 1, 00, 000 students in 95 academic disciplines, when completed. This university is coming up in the state of Orissa but due to some vested interest groups, the project is not moving as fast as it should be because of the laid back attitude of the government of Orissa and also the Central government who should rather help and take necessary actions so that this university starts functioning soon. Once this is built, other private players will follow the lead and definitely, more such universities will come up in India.

It s is worth mentioning here that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar University and ICFAI University are also coming up in Orissa. Though, not as big as the proposed Vedanta University, but will still play a tangible role in the higher education sector. This is what that is required right now - to become self reliant. Today, a country is not counted that much for its wealth or military power. It is known for its intellectual capabilities, the knowledge capital. India is already in the reckoning because of its high-quality talent pool. And in this regard, Vedanta University, Sri Sri University and ICFAI University will definitely be a feather on the cap contributing immensely to the state's and country's progress by providing world class education to the aspiring students.
 

Orissa government has recently passed the Sri Sri Bill and Vedanta University Bill but passing the bill solely doesn't help. Facilitating the establishment is what that is required. Once such universities come into functioning stage, the Indian students won't have to flee away for higher education spending a lot of forex. Rather, they can get world-class education at an affordable cost at their doorstep.
 

And when we will have more than 20 to 50 such universities like the proposed Vedanta University, the students from world-wide along with students from Australia will come to India to study. And this is when, we will not teach them a lesson but will make them feel and understand the meaning of ‘atithi devo bhava as we Indian really consider guests as a form of god.