Green signal for foreign universities

Green signal for foreign universities
Dr.T.P.Sethumadhavan

American universities are more interested to recruit Indian students for higher education. Study conducted by National Knowledge Commission revealed that among Indians aged 18-24 only 7% enter a university. If it can be doubled, the potential is enormous. Regarding the increased cost of education abroad, US universities are interested to start campuses in India so that Indian students will get foreign degree at lesser cost. Currently more than 1.6 lakh Indian students are studying and spending about 4 Billion US dollars abroad. Among international students in USA, India and china are in the forefront. Instead of starting satellite campuses in India, American universities are more interested to join with the Indian educational institutions. Recently as part of global educational initiative, Government of India has decided to permit foreign accredited educational institutions to start campuses in India. This will be really a boom for poor Indian meritorious students and researchers who cannot study abroad due to unaffordable expenses.