INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCE RESEARCH
IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY

The National Education Policy 2020 emphasizes integrating vocational education with general education to enhance industry-academia collaborations in higher education institutions. Considering this, the University Grants Commission has taken a new initiative to integrate industry and professional expertise into higher educational institutions through a new category of positions called “Professor of Practice”. Hence, this paper aims to discuss the role of professors of practice, who they are, how they are appointed, the qualifications required for a professor of practice in higher education, how they function in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), criticisms, advantages, potential challenges in integrating Professors of Practice into HEIs, and suggestions.