We're currently doing some research related to this (based on quant+qual data) at university level in Sweden. In our research, we percieve value systems as part of the overall often conflicting demands (research, teaching, admin, etc) with both internal (management, co-workers, etc.) and external (professional associations, grant suppliers, students, etc.) origin that parts of the organisation and ultimately individuals face.

But speaking about value systems per se, there is little doubt that what increasingly matters most in Sweden is publishing in international peer-reviewed journals, almost irrespectively of practical relevance. getting external grants ranks pretty high. teaching far less, not to mention taking an active part in society

I have no idea how useful this would be for India

So far, we have however only publisahed in Swedish (apart from some conference papers currently under submission). . 

It is not good to share personal experiences without hard proofs at social platforms as some people may have good experiences and some may have bad. I think culture originates from the experiences and attitude of the society and it does not mean following the orthodox phenomena. The high values originates from devotion to the subject and knowledge. If society, social texture, politics are more sound than exploratory tempers - then it is sure that high values can't be secured.

I have only to say that Indian universities should develop and maintain knowledge culture at the place of social cultures to make its education and research more valued.

The value systems should be systemic & systematic and should have potential to stand on hard realities.

There is a large literature on values of societies/countries. Perhaps the best known is from Geert Hofstede, whose instrument assesses 5 values: individualism-collectivism, power distance, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, and most recently long-term orientation. Other instruments were developed by Shalom Schwartz, and by the Project GLOBE team.

Hofstede, G. (2001). Culture's consequences (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Schwartz, S. H. (1999). A theory of cultural values and some implications for work. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 48(1), 23-47.

R. J. House, P. J. Hanges, M. Javidan, & P. W. Dorfman (Eds.) (2004), Culture, leadership, and organizations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

The culture of subcontinent, religions beliefs local sayings are the indicators of our value system in higher education

very important and relevant question.

The Value systems in Higher Education and Research is almost being pushed out from most institutions, 

anyway, some literature on Education:

1.     Thareja P, DD Sharma, PB Mahapatra, “Holean Education- A paradigm for Thee’, Omniscience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal, Volume 1, Issue 1, February, 2011, 1-21pp.

2.     Priyavrat Thareja “Reengineering Engineering Education Through Total Quality Methodology”, Current Trends In Mechanical Engineering & Technology Vol 3, No 3 (2013) pp 35-50

3. Thareja, P., & Thareja, M. (2013). Gurukula: The Preface of a Cool Education Environment. OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal, 3(3), 1-8.

4.     Thareja, P. (2013). The Roster of a Teacher’s Quality. OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal, 2(3), 1-12.

5.     Priyavrat Thareja, Manoj Khushwaha, Mannu Thareja Industry Responsive Metallurgical Engineering Education Quality Through TQM Journal of  Materials and Metalurgical Engineering VOL 4, NO 1 (2014) pp13-22

6  . Thareja P, (2014) “Quality Assurance And Excellence In Technical Education” in Proceedings of seminar on Quality Assurance And Excellence In Technical Education, Ed Kaur, Gill, Bahl et al, Rayat college of education, 

Honourable Ladies and Gentlemen! 

@Prabhat. Thanks for your thoughtful remarks. Which caution us, not to jump to early conclusions about values. However, I contend that as social scientists we need to take into account the human experience, how else would we know of the objects we study (G.H. Mead, 1934)

@Muhammad, thank you for your contribution, I noted your research papers on the profession of university librarians (Awan & Mahmood, 2010), this is the local knowledge I sought.

@Priyavrat, thank you, I found your case study illustrative of the changes in the Indian HE scenario (2012) and (2011), "Holean Human Leadership“, which had 'motherliness' as a leadership value, highly appreciated

@Fredrik, thanks for your contribution, looking forward to more English-language publications

@Paul. Thank you for pointing out some of the value framworks that are used primarily in the quantitative methodology.

Dear all, so, if, the Indian subcontinent is a high power distance area (Kumar and Sankaran, 2007), I am unsure how that affects 'structures, cultures and practices' in universities.

Dear Frithiof-

Thank you for inviting me to comment here. I and my coauthor argue that the conventional (call them “Hofstedian” as examples) models to describe business culture are not equipped to deal with the new kind of ‘Indianness’ which emerges from modern Indian business participation in ventures with non-Indians. We further argue that there is no such thing as a ‘national’ version of ‘Indianness’. Rather, a new ‘Indian culture’ is gradually taking shape, both within, and outside of, the Indian geographical cradle, involving individuals and communities which are not necessarily or essentially desi/local in nature. 

When we say Indian Culture we argue that we are dealing with an intrinsically dynamic framework of reference. This permits the user to understand ‘Indianness’ as a qualitative and quantitative feature of individuals, existing in relationship with peer communities and operating in teams, working on common projects and accomplishing commonly committed targets and goals.

One could argue that the cultural and value systems in Higher Education and Research that matter on the Indian context is no different from our arguments above. 

Apart from the special issue in Culture and Organisation, our book 'Investigating Cultural Aspects in Indian Organizations- Empirical Evidence', analyses the cultural aspects of Indian organizations. This book offers a theoretical and empirical basis for understanding the evolving and changing nature of these aspects in Indian organizations.The book will be published next month, May 2015. (Link below)

http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319160979

Frithiof, I was also invited for a special talk and get-together at Hanover in Germany for a presentation last month before the Hon Prime Minister of India's current visit. I enclose my presentation, which I think will be very useful in your research context, especially slide 4. I will be happy to discuss things with you offline if you need.

Hope this is useful.

Kind regards 

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Value system in higher education and research in India assimilates values from the present as well as our basic cultural ethos of centuries old  yet evolving culture. All this does affect our today's value systems in higher education. Most institutions of higher education are being inspired by values of our seers and all these are as relevant today as they were in ancient times.

 Bhagavad-gita is universally renowned as the jewel of India's value system:

http://www.asitis.com/

@ Suresh, well said.

There is an online Indian Journal OMNISCIENCE which was targeted to publish articles relevant to the theme similar to this question, why not write a interesting for common man treatise on Bhagavad-gita is role on university education,

@ Usha, Assimilation of Value system of past into present has not been really transformed in the HOLEAN way? Is it an aftermath of a large adulteration of poverty and power with the perception of raising a great quality of life without marching input of work?

I do feel " basic cultural ethos of centuries old  yet evolving culture... does affect our today's value systems in higher education... but much in bad way" When I preached the.." values of our seers [that] are as relevant today as they were in ancient times.".. I had limited success, because there would be somebody teaching the opposite. Thus there is a need to make a concerted effort by all seniors involved in the education process.  I would wait to see how learned professor Vijay Pereira views it through his forthcoming book, and whether he provides any worthwhile "Ram Ban" to help the direction setting @Indian methodology/ system. 

Fredrik

 Education system in Indian subcontinent right from beginning has been extreme in a very high profile & that we can know students gone for higher study in foreign countries in certain specialization had made remarkable name.

In this light i may humble add that my daddy s' friends had been to foreign countries that is UK for higher studies in the science for obtaining  research for PhD .

In another case during the same period one of had gone for UK in legal professional for Bar at  Law . I am not academy field but in the line with my experience in difference areas some times back i have presented my publication under the captioned '' Education '' for which i submit herewith only for your perusal .

Following.

Higher education and research spectra in India has changed drastically from the 70s or 80s when a graduate from an elite college or university will be somewhat guaranteed to get an employment. This is because the structures, cultures and practices in those institutes were superlative. From the 90s onward when many institutes emerged and changed the education and research backdrop, those so-called elite institutes compromised quality of education to float in the system. Academics, managers and administrators find it difficult to guess a person's ability from a graduating institution only.