Prime minister Narendra Modi QS Quacquarelli has a meeting with the CEO and Managing Director of Symonds, Nunzio Quacquarelli. British company specializing in the analysis of higher education institutions around the world. Sharing a picture from the meeting, Modi said, “Had a fruitful meeting with Mr. Nunzio Quacquarelli, CEO and Managing Director of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd. We talked at length about aspects related to the education sector.”
Quacquarelli Symonds is the firm that publishes the annual QS University Rankings and Indian universities often perform well in this ranking system. Incidentally, top Indian institutions, including IITs, have boycotted QS’s rival Times Higher Education (THE) rankings over the alleged lack of transparency in their ranking metrics.
Under the NEP, the Modi government aims to attract top 100 QS world ranking universities to open offshore campuses in India. it also suggests Construction of offshore campuses of Indian educational institutions. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 not only focuses on ensuring that talented Indian students study in Indian universities but also aims to bring foreign nationals to India.
The meeting between the PM and Quacquarelli comes at a time when India is focusing on building itself as a destination for study abroad, especially in the fields of engineering and cultural education.
total of 49,348 students from abroad have enrolled in India In the academic year 2019-20. This is an increase from the previous year when 47,427 students chose India as their study destination. Majority of the students who opt to study in India are male. Course-wise, B.Tech is the top choice after medicine. BTech alone has 9,503 foreign students, followed by BSc with 3964 students and BBA with 3290 foreign students.
Karnataka has the highest number of students coming from abroad Joe at 10231. Apart from Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh (5089), Punjab (4966), Maharashtra (4599), Tamil Nadu (4461), Delhi (2345), Haryana (2321), Telangana (2261), Gujarat (2227), and Andhra Pradesh (2094) ) represents over 2,000 foreign students according to AISHE data.
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