Education: 69 percent of Indian students prefer the US to any other destination

The United States stays the primary greater schooling destination for Indian students, with research exhibiting that 69 percent of Indian students prefer to get educated in the US as in contrast to any other locations, a prime official mentioned on Thursday.

The US Mission to India’s Consular Team interviewed greater than 3,900 pupil visa candidates throughout the eighth Annual Student Visa Day throughout the nation, together with at the US Consulate General Kolkata.

In an announcement, US Envoy to India Eric Garcetti mentioned: “Every worldwide pupil on a U.S. campus represents large accomplishment- years of research and onerous work that went into making ready for educational excellence. Like those that went earlier than, immediately’s Indian students additionally characterize large potential – the information you’ll unlock, the new expertise and alternatives you’ll expertise, and the relationships you’ll construct are price the funding. Each pupil is an envoy for India. Together we’re taking the US-India relationship ahead.”

More than 100 students and their households participated in Student Visa Day actions at the US Consulate in Kolkata.

Speaking to reporters, Consular General Melinda Pavek mentioned: “Thousands of students from the East and Northeast will change into half of the largest delegation of Indian students in historical past this 12 months in the United States.”

She mentioned: “Indian students, already the largest group of worldwide graduate students in the United States, acquire priceless real-world expertise, receiving employment-based US visas or changing into leaders of their fields right here in India – reflecting the lifelong profit of a US schooling.”

She advised the students that by becoming a member of the universities in the US, they’re changing into the latest hyperlink in the thriving friendship between the two nations.

In 2023, the US issued over 140,000 pupil visas in India, considerably greater than in any other nation.

During the 2022-2023 Academic Year, 270,000 Indians studied in the US.

Texas, New York, Illinois and Massachusetts stay the prime US locations for Indian students.