The Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) in collaboration with Ministry of External Affairs has approved ‘Study in India’ programme to attract foreign students to pursue higher education in India.

• The programme is similar to initiative launched by Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Canada.
• It aims at boosting country’s share of international students and subsequently, improve global reputation and rankings of Indian educational institutions.

It aims to encourage more foreign students to choose India as destination for higher education, double India’s market share of global education exports from less than 1% to 2% and improve global ranking of Indian educational institutes.