(a) whether the Government are aware that a large
number of Indian students are going abroad for higher
studies;
(b) if so, the estimated number of students going abroad for
higher education per year;
(c) whether the Government have imposed some restriction for
Indian Students going abroad for higher studies;
(d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the steps taken to protect the interest of the Indian
students alongwith the regulatory norms prescribed in this
regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT(PROF. RITA VERMA)
(a) & (b): With the economic and financial reforms set in
motion by the Government since 1991, there has been an
internationalization of higher education through
institutional linkage, increase in students mobility and
offering of programmes across international boundaries.
According to the available data, 6,918 students went abroad
for higher students during the year 1998-99.
(c) No, Sir.
(d) Does not arise.
(e) The interests of Indians abroad including students
studying abroad are protected through Indian Missions in the
respective foreign countries. No regulatory norms as such
have, however, been prescribed in this regard.