The US is aiming to ship extra of its college students to India, mentioned US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti throughout his handle on the annual IC3 convention in Delhi.
“India turned the primary supply of upper training college students to America for the second yr,” mentioned Garcetti, who served because the visitor of honour on the convention.
“Over 1 million college students within the US come from this unimaginable nation. However the different approach isn’t excessive sufficient… It’s certainly one of my objectives to carry extra American college students to India.”
Garcetti highlighted that extra US college students research within the “stunning but small” nation of Costa Rica than in India.
In accordance with the Institute of Worldwide Training Open Doorways Report 2020, over 3,300 US college students studied in India in 2018-2019, which additional fell to 1,736 college students in 2019-20, in keeping with the US Division of State.
As somebody who visited India as a 14-year-old and returned to the nation when as a college-going 19-year-old, Garcetti reminisced on his ‘learnings’ from India and the affect an academic journey within the nation might have on potential college students.
“Once I learn many nice non secular, philosophical, historic texts of India it modified my life and perspective. If we’re going to construct a human bridge, we now have to know one another and perceive our histories,” mentioned Garcetti.
“We had extra American college students research within the stunning but small nation of Costa Rica somewhat than a civilisational vacation spot like India.”
Eric Garcetti, US Ambassador to India.
With scholarships like Fulbright catering to 1000’s of Indian college students, ambassador Garcetti acknowledged the affect of such applications on outbound scholar mobility.
“The work that we do…. helps of us to come back to analysis matters of widespread curiosity from science, and social sciences to medication and historical past,” mentioned Garcetti.
“I do know talking to individuals, who’ve been Fulbright right here and have been on that bridge to the US, that our nation and expertise by no means left them. That is why our nations spend money on that program.”
As India and the US strengthen their diplomatic relations, training has develop into a significant factor in constructing the connection.
In April 2023, the Affiliation of American Universities launched a process drive according to the U.S.-India initiative on Essential and Rising Know-how.
The duty drive, which focuses on increasing United States-India college partnerships, has inspired extra analysis collaboration, exchanges, internships, and apprenticeships between each the nations.
Furthermore, with many Indian college students nonetheless preferring the US as their research vacation spot, India has surpassed China because the primary supply for worldwide college students for the North American nation.
Over 140,000 research visas have been issued to US-bound Indian college students in 2023, with the quantity anticipated to rise in 2024.
Authorities-funded organisations corresponding to EducationUSA have been reaching out to college students throughout India to assist with their journey in the direction of finding out within the US.
“Simply over 10,000 college students got here to our classes organised by the EducationUSA in half a dozen cities throughout India,” mentioned Garcetti.
“The classes helped them perceive the variations between a giant state college and a small liberal arts college, the best way to entry monetary help, the best way to apply for universities so that folks are reassured, campus psychological well being, and extra.”
