Vir Singh The New York Times

At one of the better colleges in India's capital, there is just one large room for 140 faculty members to sit and have a cup of tea or grade papers. "If even half show up, there aren't enough chairs," said Ghazala Amin, a history professor there. "There is no other place to work. In this situation, how do you expect teachers to work?"

When the Indian education minister spoke last autumn of inviting overseas education providers to set up campuses in the country, he mentioned the likes of Harvard, Yale and Oxford. But six months after India's top ministerial body approved a draft law to open the country to foreign education institutions, it is clear that the world's top universiti...

At one of the better colleges in India's capital, there is just one large room for 140 faculty members to sit and have a cup of tea or grade papers. "If even half show up, there aren't enough chairs," said Ghazala Amin, a history professor there. "There is no other place to work. In this situation, how do you expect teachers to work?"

When the Indian education minister spoke last autumn of inviting overseas education providers to set up campuses in the country, he mentioned the likes of Harvard, Yale and Oxford. But six months after India's top ministerial body approved a draft law to open the country to foreign education institutions, it is clear that the world's top universiti...