The article (which can be found here, but by subscription only) explains that,”In the two and a half weeks since he was appointed following national elections, Mr. Sibal has established lines of communication with the United States about expanding educational ties between the two countries, and reportedly threatened to toss out India’s alphabet soup of higher-education regulators and replace them with a single body. He has also promised to push a bill through Parliament that would allow foreign universities to set up campuses here. Mr. Sibal’s swift actions have inspired optimism that the country’s stagnant educational system is finally going to get the change it deserves. His pro-foreign and pro-private sentiments have also encouraged American universities that have long wanted to enter India’s potentially lucrative market. While India sends thousands of students overseas to study, only about 9 percent of young Indians actually go to college, in part because capacity at home is low.”