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Higher education plays a very significant role in society. It helps to develop the skills and knowledge among the students. Higher education creates a productive workforce in the country which helps to grow and develop the economy. There were 642 universities and 34852 colleges in 2011, which increased to 1113 universities and 43796 colleges in 2020-21. As it shows the growth in terms of the universities and colleges, but still Indian higher education still faces several challenges. The present paper focuses on the status of higher education, to study Sector-wise expenditure on Education in India, and study challenges faced by Higher Education. The present study is mainly based on secondary sources of data. To analyze the status and challenges of Higher education the period of 10 years i.e., 2011-12 to 2020-21 has been selected. The GER of males and females has increased during the study period, but it is less than 28. The percentage share of Temporary teachers ranges from 5.20 % to 7.77 % during 2011-12 to 2019-20. These temporary posts need to be recruited permanently in educational institutions. As a percentage of the GDP, government expenditure on education was constant at 2.6 percent from 2014-15 to 2017-18 which increased to 2.7 % in 2020-21. There are many challenges like less GER, Accreditation, low expenditure in education, and the problem of Infrastructure faced by higher education in India. The present paper examines the growth and challenges in Indian higher education, sector-wise expenditure on Education, and challenges faced by Higher Education.