Russia-Ukraine crisis: After safe exit, Indian students seek secure future

Returnees from medical colleges in Ukraine want Centre and NMC intervention to continue studies in India

Two days before the Russ­ian military invaded Ukr­aine, Shivangi Singh, a medical student at the Bogo­molets National Medical Univ­ersity in Kyiv, returned home from the war-torn nation.

Ten days on, the fifth-year student from Nagpur, who is collating a representation for the Indian government asking for help to secure their future as medical professionals, has already received a flood of pleas from more than 300 of her seniors, batchmates and juniors.

As evacuation of stranded In­d­ians from Ukraine and neig­h­bouring countries continues, the returning medical students have only one thing in mind af­ter a safe exit — a secure future.

“Firstly, safety and