Education fair to help students headed abroad

A global education fair, Education Worldwide, will be held in Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai in February.

The highlight of the fair is that besides foreign universities and institutions it will also have banks, visa and immigration consultants and insurance companies as participants.

These companies will advice students who want to go abroad and guide them on a host of procedural nitty-gritty.

"India is targeted by various foreign universities because of the quality of students here. Moreover, the demand among Indian students for foreign degrees is also on the rise. This fair is an attempt to bring students, institutions and other facilitators together," DK Jain, chief executive officer, Global Events and Expositions, told Business Standard.

Global Events and Expositions is organising the education fair.

According to industry estimates, around 100,000 Indian students went for studies to various countries last year.

While 70,000 went to the US, 10,000 left for the UK and the rest went to countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany and Switzerland.

The number of students going abroad is growing at the rate of 15-20 per cent annually, say industry analysts.

Education Worldwide is going to attract participants from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Singapore, Australia and Switzerland. About 100 institutions are likely to participate in Delhi and Mumbai, respectively, and 150 institutions have signed up for the Bangalore fair.

The courses on offer will be management, information technology, engineering, medicine among others.

To help students make an assessment of the financial and legal formalities involved, four banks, two insurance companies, two money changers and visa consultants will also be part of the fair.

In Delhi, the fair will be organised on February 5-7. Mumbai will play host to the fair on February 10-12, and it will then move to Bangalore on February 14-16.

The organisers are expecting footfalls of nearly 5,000 per day.

Foreign studies

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• Around 100,000 Indian students went for studies to various countries last year

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• While 70,000 went to the US, 10,000 left for the UK and the rest went to countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany and Switzerland

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• The number of students going abroad is growing at the rate of 15-20 per cent annually