India, even after 69 years of its independence, is far away from the goal of universal literacy. There are number of schools in the country, but they don't have proper basic infrastructure. However on a positive note, India is engaged in the use of higher education as a powerful tool to build a knowledge-based information society of the 21st Century. There has been considerable improvement in the "Higher Education" scenario in both quantitative and qualitative terms. Indian professionals are

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... sidered among the best in the world are in great demand. This signifies the inherent strength of Indian education system. The present paper is an attempt, to identify and discuss a number of critical issues, of quantity and quality of "Higher Education" in India and studying abroad-form its core. It is meant to be a modest contribution to assessing "Higher Education" against the background of the current scenario and the possibilities of meeting the challenges. India has to rise to the occasion urgently and reorient its higher education system to be vibrant, competitive, meaningful and purposeful; besides, there is absolutely no substitute to quality of higher education, although the country has been faced for a long time with the serious problem of meeting the quantity needs of our society. The paper is an outcome of a review of a substantial number of secondary sources on the current scenario and challenges of higher education in India. The following are the three major areas, for instance: The Quality of Education in terms of infrastructure, teachers, and accreditation. The Affordability of Education, ensuring poor and deserving students are not denied of education and the Ethics in Education avoiding over-commercialization of education system, are to be focused to ensure that Indian Higher Education system is sustainable and meets global standards.