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38% rise in Indian students going to US
9 Jun 2008, 0155 hrs IST, Daniel P George & Hemali Chhapia,TNN
CHENNAI/MUMBAI:
What's more, Chennai seems to be one of the largest exporters in the country.
Sample this: 38,274 student visas were issued from across the country in fiscal year 2006-07 (October 2006 to September 2007), of which the Chennai consulate gave out 19,973.
Correspondingly, between October 2007 and April 2008, 50,316 student visas were issued from across the country, of which the Chennai consulate alone accounted for 24,975.
With a rising middle class in
Experts point that the increase in the flow of Indian students could also be reasoned to
Earlier, the
The change in rule was targeted towards opening the doors of higher studies in American varsities to a massive Indian pool of BA, BCom, BSc degree holders.
According to the data released in November 2007, the international student population in the
Following a 5% drop last year, the flow of Indian students to the
According to a recent survey that monitors student flow, the population of Indian students in the