As govt woos foreign univs, Indians studying abroad doubles in 7 years

The number of foreign students coming to India increased only 16.7 per cent since 2014-15.

The University Grants Commission, earlier this month, set up a five-member committee to study how to get foreign universities to India. The committee will submit its report by the end of the month, potentially allowing foreign institutes to set up campuses in India.

The government’s New Education Policy envisaged getting reputed foreign institutes. In 2010, after the union cabinet cleared the Foreign Educational Institutes Bill, attempts were made to get foreign universities to India.

As the government lost that opportunity, a Business Standard analysis shows that the number of Indian students studying abroad has almost doubled over the years. In