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Mutual pact with France soon to recognise professional degrees

Total investment from France since 2000 totalled $5.82 billion into India

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Subhayan Chakraborty New Delhi
The government will soon be signing a series of agreements with its French counterpart for allowing Indian professionals to work there without needing an additional degree, and vice versa, senior government and diplomatic sources have told Business Standard

A set of Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs) for professional courses will be signed in early 2018 when French president Emmanuel Macron visits India.
 
“The MRAs are proposed to be signed in a variety of fields, apart from law and health care,” French ambassador  Alexandre Ziegler confirmed. 

At present, India’s large numbers of professionally trained people such as chartered accountants, teachers and engineers