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American Universities Under Pressure
to Develop More Programs in India
By
Shailaja Neelakantan/NEW DELHI
Issue
cover-dated May 20, 2008
NEW DELHI -- As more American college
students become interested in studying in India, universities
in the United States are under pressure to increase their number
of exchange programs with higher-education institutions in India,
said David C. Mulford, the U.S. ambassador to India, a local
newspaper reported today.
“Young people [in particular] are fascinated
by India,” Mr. Mulford said, addressing the news media in the
southern city of Chennai on Monday. He said that awareness of
India in the United States was growing, thanks in part to the
strong Indian community there.
Mr. Mulford said there were 84,000
Indian students in the United States, but only 1,700 American
students in India. “We have a trade imbalance here,” he said,
adding that student-visa applications from India were growing
by 30 percent each year.
Mr. Mulford said American universities
were interested in expanding their ties to India, not just by
bringing more Indian students to the United States, but also
through the exchange of students and professors. “Down the road,
U.S. universities are going to be looking at many models of
co-operation, including joint award of degrees,” Mr. Mulford
said.
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