Lok Sabha Question No. 380 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Number of Students going Abroad
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †380 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2018

## Number of Students going Abroad

†380.  SHRI HARI MANJHI:

Will  the  Minister  of  HUMAN  RESOURCE  DEVELOPMENT  be  pleased  to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that the number of students going abroad for higher education has increased during the last three years; (b) if so, the details  thereof; (c) whether the Government has analysed the reasons behind this tendency; and (d) if so, the details thereof alongwith the action taken by the Government in this

- regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) and (b): Studies  abroad  is  a  matter  of  individual  will  and  choice.  Even  though Ministry of Human Resource Development is not maintaining the information regarding the  number  of  Indian  students  going  abroad,  Ministry  of  External  Affairs  (MEA)  has informed  that  around  5,86,183  (estimated)  Indian  students  are  currently  studying  in different  foreign  countries  as  on  28 th December,  2017.  The  year-wise  break-up  of number of students studying in foreign countries is not available. However, country-wise break-up  of  number  of  Indian  students  studying  in  91  foreign  countries  as  has  been prepared by MEA on the basis of information collected and collated from different Indian Missions and Posts is annexed . (c)  and  (d):  There  are  no  restrictions  on  Cross-Border  Students  Mobility  and  such

- mobility can be owing to variety of reasons such as affordability, access to bank loans,

exposure to foreign societies, aptitude for particular branch of studies, inability to gain admission to top Indian Institutes due to capacity limitations etc.

The Central Government, University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) are taking various initiatives to improve quality of higher education in the country. One of the latest initiatives is the declaration of Educational Institutions  as  lnstitutions  of  Eminence  (IoE)  to  provide  world  class  education  to  the Indian  Students  within  the  country.  The  Government  has  approved  the  Regulatory Architecture in the form of UGC(Declaration of Government Institutions as Institutions of Eminence) Guidelines, 2017 for public Institutions  and  UGC  (Institutions  of  Eminence Deemed  to  be  Universities)  Regulations,  2017  for  private  Institutions  for  setting  up  / upgrading of 20 Institutions (10  from public sector &  10 from private sector) as world class  teaching  and  research  institutions  known  as  Institutions  of  Eminence  for  which applications have been received. These Institutions will provide world class education to Indian  Students  at  an  affordable  rate,  which  may  bring  down  the  number  of  students going abroad.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †380 for answer on 05.02.2018 regarding Number of Students going Abroad asked by SHRI HARI MANJHI, Hon'ble Member of Lok Sabha

## Indian Students abroad

|   Sr. No. | List of estimated Indian students pursuing studies in foreign Universities (based on inputs received from Indian Missions/Posts abroad as on 28.12.2017)   |   List of estimated Indian students pursuing studies in foreign Universities (based on inputs received from Indian Missions/Posts abroad as on 28.12.2017) |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Antigua & Barbuda                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                         40 |
|         2 | Armenia                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                       1100 |
|         3 | Australia                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                      84010 |
|         4 | Austria                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                        300 |
|         5 | Azerbaijan                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                         15 |
|         6 | Bahrain                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                      27200 |
|         7 | Bangladesh                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                       3610 |
|         8 | Belarus                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                        461 |
|         9 | Barbados                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                        116 |
|        10 | Belgium                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                        603 |
|        11 | Bosnia Herzegovina                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                          2 |
|        12 | Brazil                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                         24 |
|        13 | Brunei Darussalam                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                         25 |
|        14 | Bulgaria                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                        297 |
|        15 | Canada                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                     100000 |
|        16 | Chile                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                         40 |
|        17 | China                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                      18171 |
|        18 | Cuba (Dominican Republic)                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                          7 |
|        19 | Curacao                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                        279 |
|        20 | Cyprus                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                       2790 |
|        21 | Czech Republic                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                        400 |
|        22 | Denmark                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                        274 |
|        23 | Egypt                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                        150 |
|        24 | Estonia                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                        138 |
|        25 | Finland                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                        779 |
|        26 | France                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                       6000 |
|        27 | France (Reunion Is.)                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                          3 |
|        28 | Georgia                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                       3000 |
|        29 | Germany                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                      13740 |
|        30 | Greece                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                          1 |
|        31 | Guyana                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                        170 |
|        32 | Hong Kong                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                        350 |
|        33 | Hungary                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                        650 |
|        34 | Iceland                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                         10 |
|        35 | Indonesia                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                         17 |
|        36 | Iran                                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                       1000 |
|        37 | Ireland                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                       2300 |
|        38 | Israel                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                        550 |
|        39 | Italy                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                       2000 |
|        40 | Japan                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                       1015 |
|        41 | Jordan                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                         11 |
|        42 | Kazakhstan                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                       3350 |
|        43 | Korea (Republic of )                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                       1183 |
|        44 | Kuwait                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                         79 |
|        45 | Kyrgyzstan                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                       7000 |

| Sr. No.      | List of estimated Indian students pursuing studies in foreign Universities (based on inputs received from Indian Missions/Posts abroad as on   | List of estimated Indian students pursuing studies in foreign Universities (based on inputs received from Indian Missions/Posts abroad as on   |
|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 46           | 28.12.2017) Latvia                                                                                                                             | 1850                                                                                                                                           |
| 47           | Lebanon                                                                                                                                        | 4                                                                                                                                              |
| 48           | Libya                                                                                                                                          | 9                                                                                                                                              |
| 49           | Lithuania                                                                                                                                      | 850                                                                                                                                            |
| 50           | Malaysia                                                                                                                                       | 1900                                                                                                                                           |
| 51           | Mauritius                                                                                                                                      | 500                                                                                                                                            |
| 52           | Mexico                                                                                                                                         | 100                                                                                                                                            |
| 53           | Moldova                                                                                                                                        | 104                                                                                                                                            |
| 54           | Mongolia                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                              |
| 55           | Nepal                                                                                                                                          | 2000                                                                                                                                           |
| 56           | Netherlands                                                                                                                                    | 2500                                                                                                                                           |
| 57           | New Zealand                                                                                                                                    | 30000                                                                                                                                          |
| 58           | Niger                                                                                                                                          | 5                                                                                                                                              |
| 59           | Norway                                                                                                                                         | 250                                                                                                                                            |
| 60           | Oman                                                                                                                                           | 3000                                                                                                                                           |
| 61           | Panama (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, & Columbia)                                                                                                     | 22                                                                                                                                             |
| 62           | Philippines                                                                                                                                    | 8500                                                                                                                                           |
| 63           | Poland                                                                                                                                         | 2500                                                                                                                                           |
| 64           | Portugal                                                                                                                                       | 75                                                                                                                                             |
| 65           | Romania                                                                                                                                        | 220                                                                                                                                            |
| 66           | Russian Federation                                                                                                                             | 6500                                                                                                                                           |
| 67           | Rwanda                                                                                                                                         | 20                                                                                                                                             |
| 68           | Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of )                                                                                                                     | 810                                                                                                                                            |
| 69           | Serbia                                                                                                                                         | 1                                                                                                                                              |
| 70           | Slovenia                                                                                                                                       | 42                                                                                                                                             |
| 71           | Singapore                                                                                                                                      | 2435                                                                                                                                           |
| 72           | Slovakia                                                                                                                                       | 25                                                                                                                                             |
| 73           | South Africa                                                                                                                                   | 180                                                                                                                                            |
| 74           | Spain                                                                                                                                          | 650                                                                                                                                            |
| 75           | Sri Lanka                                                                                                                                      | 16                                                                                                                                             |
| 76           | St. Lucia                                                                                                                                      | 231                                                                                                                                            |
| 77           | St. Kitts & Nevis                                                                                                                              | 10                                                                                                                                             |
| 78           | Sudan                                                                                                                                          | 15                                                                                                                                             |
| 79           | South Sudan                                                                                                                                    | 268                                                                                                                                            |
| 80           | Sweden                                                                                                                                         | 3200                                                                                                                                           |
| 81           | Switzerland                                                                                                                                    | 1555                                                                                                                                           |
| 82           | Tajikistan                                                                                                                                     | 850                                                                                                                                            |
| 83           | Tanzania                                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                                              |
| 84           | Thailand                                                                                                                                       | 297                                                                                                                                            |
| 85           | Turkey                                                                                                                                         | 57                                                                                                                                             |
| 86           | Ukraine                                                                                                                                        | 9000                                                                                                                                           |
| 87           |                                                                                                                                                | 500                                                                                                                                            |
|              | United Arab Emirates (Dubai) United Kingdom (2015-16)                                                                                          | 14830                                                                                                                                          |
| 88 89        | United State of America                                                                                                                        | 206708                                                                                                                                         |
| 90           | Uzbekistan                                                                                                                                     | 50                                                                                                                                             |
| 91           | Venezuala (including in Curacao, Sint Maartin                                                                                                  | 281                                                                                                                                            |
|              | and Aruba)                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                |
| Total 586183 | Total 586183                                                                                                                                   | Total 586183                                                                                                                                   |