• Dr. Monika Sharma

Higher education plays a significant role in the economic development of a country as it helps in fostering innovation, raising standard of living, creates a high quality workforce and provide a skilled and technical manpower to the industry. It is one of the important indicators of the success of an economy. Keeping in mind the role that higher education system plays, the current study has been designed to have an overview of the trend of enrolment of students at various levels of higher education in Punjab during the period 2011-12 to 2017-18 and to compare the same with that of India and top three states in terms of highest number of colleges viz. Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka in order to understand that the model of which state can be followed by Punjab if at any level it lags behind the other states in terms of Compound Annual Growth Rate of enrolment in higher education.

Higher Education, Compound Annual Growth Rate, Economic Development

"Growth Rate of Students’ Enrolment in Higher Education – An Empirical Study of Punjab", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.482-487, October-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810B20.pdf

"Growth Rate of Students’ Enrolment in Higher Education – An Empirical Study of Punjab", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp482-487, October-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810B20.pdf