Selected papers on higher education and development that were presented to the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Association of Indian Universities are presented. Topics include development and underdevelopment, recent trends in development strategy, and India in the 1980's and 1990's. Contents include the following: "Development and Underdevelopment: Kerala and Uttar Pradesh," by B. K. Nayar; "Higher Education and Development," by A. B. Shah; "Development and Underdevelopment," by Durgadas Roy; "Notes on Some Aspects of the Strategy of Economic Development in India," by Ranjit Sau; "Anti-Development on a World Scale," by Narindar Singh; "Transfer of Technology, Development, and Underdevelopment," by P. V. Indiresan; "Higher Education and National Development," by J. N. Kapur;"Education and Development Strategy," by S.C. Goel; "Higher Education and Development Changing Strategies in the Indian Context," by J. Veeraraghavan; "Some Reflections on the Strategy of Human Resource Development in Developing Economies," by P. D. Shrimali; "Education and Social Change," by B. V. Shah; "Recent Trends in the Strategy of Educational Development," by Satish Chandra; "Agricultural Sciences and Higher Education in India," by G. Rangaswami; "Education and Dynamics of Development," by Gunvant B. Shah; "The Indian University in the 80's and 90's," by Amrik Singh; "India in the 80's and 90's," by P. G. Deo; "Higher Education in 1980's and 90's in India," by N. V. Subba Rao; and "India in 1980's and Relation to Higher Education," by G. R. Mhaisekar. (SW)