The number of Indian scholars pursuing advanced education in the US fell by13.2 in the academic time 2020-21, the loftiest drop in chance points in further than a decade, according to the Open Doors Report 2021 released on Monday The total number of Indians studying in America fell from1.93 lakh in 2019-20 to1.67 lakh in the last academic time, with officers in the US Embassy attributing the dip to epidemic- convinced dislocation Still, Indians continue to make up the alternate-largest cohort (18.3) of transnational scholars in the US, after China (34.7).
Of the total Indian scholars, the maturity (34.8) chose Math and Computer Science, followed by Engineering (33.5) and Business and Operation (11.7) in 2020-21. The academic time 2020-21 is the alternate successive time that saw a drop in the absolute number of Indians going to the US for advanced education. In 2019-20, the number dropped from2.02 lakh to1.93 lakh. Before that, at least since 2014-15, the Indian pupil strength had been on the rise, albeit at a slower growth rate.
US delegacy officers on Monday described the trends in the 2020-21 dataset as a “ Covid blip”. Minister Counsellor for Consular Affairs at the delegacy Donald Heflin said the epidemic and the preceding lockdown posed major challenges, and raised safety enterprises in the minds of parents whose children were to fly to the US for advanced education, but sweats were made on both sides (US and India) to insure a safe and comfortable transition forstudents.The situation is formerly looking up this time, Heflin told journalists, as the number of Indian scholars and exchange callers travelling to study in the US this time is at an “ all- time record”.
“ Despite the global epidemic, Indian scholars were suitable to apply for visas and trip to the US. We issued over pupil visas this summer alone, further than in any former time. This goes to show that the US remains the destination of choice for Indian scholars looking to study abroad,” he said The drop in the number of transnational scholars isn’t limited only to those coming from India. In fact, overall, the US witnessed a 15 reduction in its global pupil population The Open Doors report is released by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education.
