Lok Sabha Question No. 6 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: Study in India
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## Study in India

## 6. DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI:

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

- (a) the salient features of 'Study in India' programme announced in the budget;
- (b) the  number  of  students  from  other  countries  who  are  studying  in  various  Indian Universities and colleges under this programme;
- (c) the details of the countries of origin of students from abroad studying in India; and
- (d) the State-wise/UT-wise number of foreign students studying in Indian institutions?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a): To  facilitate  Internationalization  of  Higher  Education  in  India,  a  programme  viz. 'Study  in  India'  was  launched  with  the  objectives  to  make  India  an  education  hub  for foreign students; improve the soft power of India with focus on the neighbouring countries and use  it  as  a  tool  in  diplomacy;  to  rapidly  increase  the  inflow  of  inbound  International Students in India through a systematic brand-building, marketing, social media and digital marketing  campaigns;  to  increase  India's market  share  of  global  education  exports; improvement in overall quality of higher education; to reduce the export-import imbalance in the  number  of international students; growth  in India's global market  share of International  students; and  increase  in global ranking of India etc.  The salient features of the scheme include:

- a. Identification of target 30+ countries for branding in initial phase
- b. Selection of top 100 partner institutions on the basis of  grading given by National Assessment and Accreditation Council(NAAC)(3.26+) and ranking under National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)
- c. Creation of a dedicated web portal www.studyindia.gov.in
- d. Setting up of call centre support
- e. Systematic branding
- f. Undertaking of social media and offline advertisements campaigns
- g. Fee waivers upto 100% being offered by partner institutions
- h. Adequate scholarships to meritorious students through IND-SAT Examination
- i. Conduct of event management in the target countries
- j. Conduct of Webinars
- k. Setting up of Hostels of International Standards
- l. Study in India Mobile Application
- m. Conduct of event management in the target countries
- n. Conduct of National/ regional workshops to sensitize the partner institutes on internationalization requirement
15. (b) The number of students studying in various Indian Universities and colleges is 768 and 3164 respectively for Admission Cycles 2019 and 2020.
16. (c) As  per  All  India  Survey  on  Higher  Education  2018-19,  the  country-wise  details  of International students studying in India is at Annexure-I.
17. (d) As  per  All  India  Survey  on  Higher  Education  2018-19,  the  State-wise/UT-wise number of foreign students studying in Indian institutions is at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6 ASKED BY DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI, MP,  LOK  SABHA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  03.02.2020  REGARDING 'STUDY IN INDIA'

## COUNTRY-WISE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

|   SL. NO. | COUNTRY              |   NO. OF STUDENTS |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | NEPAL                |             12747 |
|         2 | AFGHANISTAN          |              4657 |
|         3 | BANGLADESH           |              2075 |
|         4 | SUDAN                |              1905 |
|         5 | BHUTAN               |              1811 |
|         6 | NIGERIA              |              1614 |
|         7 | UNITED STATES        |              1518 |
|         8 | YEMEN                |              1498 |
|         9 | SRI LANKA            |              1252 |
|        10 | IRAN                 |              1127 |
|        11 | MALAYSIA             |              1087 |
|        12 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |              1050 |
|        13 | TANZANIA             |               968 |
|        14 | ETHIOPIA             |               870 |
|        15 | SOMALIA              |               670 |
|        16 | CANADA               |               527 |
|        17 | IRAQ                 |               498 |
|        18 | TIBETAN REFUGEES     |               492 |
|        19 | KENYA                |               489 |
|        20 | MYANMAR              |               479 |
|        21 | ZAMBIA               |               475 |
|        22 | SAUDI ARABIA         |               470 |
|        23 | ZIMBABWE             |               467 |
|        24 | SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC |               453 |
|        25 | THAILAND             |               398 |
|        26 | CONGO                |               379 |
|        27 | OMAN                 |               361 |
|        28 | QATAR                |               356 |
|        29 | KUWAIT               |               338 |
|        30 | BAHRAIN              |               284 |
|        31 | GHANA                |               252 |
|        32 | TURKMENISTAN         |               249 |
|        33 | VIETNAM              |               240 |
|        34 | UGANDA               |               240 |
|        35 | MAURITIUS            |               240 |
|        36 | RWANDA               |               233 |
|        37 | MOZAMBIQUE           |               231 |

|   SL. NO. | COUNTRY                               | NO. OF STUDENTS   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------|
|        38 | MALAWI                                | 206               |
|        39 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE                         | 201               |
|        40 | INDONESIA                             | 190               |
|        41 | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF                    | 173               |
|        42 | SOUTH AFRICA                          | 164               |
|        43 | MALI                                  | 159               |
|        44 | UNITED KINGDOM                        | 151               |
|        45 | MALDIVES                              | 149               |
|        46 | ANGOLA                                | 145               |
|        47 | CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE | 142               |
|        48 | SINGAPORE                             | 112               |
|        49 | CHINA                                 | 106               |
|        50 | JORDAN                                | 105               |
|        51 | EGYPT                                 | 102               |
|        52 | NAMIBIA                               | 102               |
|        53 | TOGO                                  | 100               |
|        54 | CAMEROON                              | 95                |
|        55 | FRANCE                                | 80                |
|        56 | SWITZERLAND                           | 78                |
|        57 | BURUNDI                               | 74                |
|        58 | LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA                | 73                |
|        59 | PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED       | 71                |
|        60 | MADAGASCAR                            | 71                |
|        61 | COMOROS                               | 71                |
|        62 | DJIBOUTI                              | 66                |
|        63 | GAMBIA                                | 64                |
|        64 | LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC      | 62                |
|        65 | AUSTRALIA                             | 62                |
|        66 | LESOTHO                               | 61                |
|        67 | AMERICAN SAMOA                        | 60                |
|        68 | LIBERIA                               | 56                |
|        69 | CHAD                                  | 53                |
|        70 | GUINEA                                | 51                |
|        71 | JAPAN                                 | 49                |
|        72 | TURKEY                                | 43                |
|        73 | RUSSIAN FEDERATION                    | 43                |
|        74 | UZBEKISTAN                            | 42                |
|        75 | ERITREA                               | 39                |
|        76 | BOTSWANA                              | 38                |
|        77 | PAPUA NEWGUINEA                       | 38                |
|        78 | KOREA                                 | 35                |
|        79 | FIJI                                  | 33                |
|        80 | GUINEA-BISSAU GERMANY                 | 33 31             |
|        81 |                                       |                   |
|        82 | PAKISTAN                              | 28                |

|   SL. NO. | COUNTRY                        |   NO. OF STUDENTS |
|-----------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|        83 | SIERRA LEONE                   |                25 |
|        84 | CAMBODIA                       |                24 |
|        85 | TAJIKISTAN                     |                21 |
|        86 | ITALY                          |                20 |
|        87 | SWAZILAND                      |                20 |
|        88 | MONGOLIA                       |                20 |
|        89 | PHILIPPINES                    |                16 |
|        90 | IRELAND                        |                14 |
|        91 | SWEDEN                         |                14 |
|        92 | NEWZEALAND                     |                14 |
|        93 | SEYCHELLES                     |                14 |
|        94 | BRAZIL                         |                13 |
|        95 | TIMOR-LESTE                    |                12 |
|        96 | NORWAY                         |                12 |
|        97 | KAZAKHSTAN                     |                12 |
|        98 | NETHERLANDS                    |                11 |
|        99 | BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY |                11 |
|       100 | BENIN                          |                11 |
|       101 | CHILE                          |                11 |
|       102 | COSTA RICA                     |                10 |
|       103 | SPAIN                          |                10 |
|       104 | TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA      |                 9 |
|       105 | BELGIUM                        |                 8 |
|       106 | PORTUGAL                       |                 8 |
|       107 | DENMARK                        |                 8 |
|       108 | AUSTRIA                        |                 8 |
|       109 | GUYANA                         |                 7 |
|       110 | TUNISIA                        |                 7 |
|       111 | HONG KONG                      |                 7 |
|       112 | ARUBA                          |                 6 |
|       113 | NIGER                          |                 6 |
|       114 | ISRAEL                         |                 5 |
|       115 | MEXICO                         |                 5 |
|       116 | GABON                          |                 5 |
|       117 | KYRGYZSTAN                     |                 5 |
|       118 | CZECH REPUBLIC                 |                 5 |
|       119 | ARMENIA                        |                 5 |
|       120 | COLOMBIA                       |                 4 |
|       121 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC             |                 4 |
|       122 | SENEGAL                        |                 4 |
|       123 | SURINAME                       |                 4 |
|       124 | HUNGARY                        |                 4 |
|       125 | POLAND                         |                 4 |
|       126 | BULGARIA                       |                 4 |
|       127 | CAPE VERDE                     |                 4 |

| SL. NO.   | COUNTRY                                      | NO. OF STUDENTS   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 128       | ECUADOR                                      | 3                 |
| 129       | PERU                                         | 3                 |
| 130       | BURKINA FASO                                 | 3                 |
| 131       | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC                     | 3                 |
| 132       | LEBANON                                      | 3                 |
| 133       | BRUNEI DARUSSALAM                            | 3                 |
| 134       | SAMOA                                        | 3                 |
| 135       | MAURITANIA                                   | 3                 |
| 136       | ALGERIA                                      | 3                 |
| 137       | SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS | 2                 |
| 138       | EQUATORIAL GUINEA                            | 2                 |
| 139       | AZERBAIJAN                                   | 2                 |
| 140       | ARGENTINA                                    | 2                 |
| 141       | SERBIA                                       | 2                 |
| 142       | BAHAMAS                                      | 2                 |
| 143       | VENEZUELA                                    | 2                 |
| 144       | WESTERN SAHARA                               | 2                 |
| 145       | ROMANIA                                      | 2                 |
| 146       | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO                          | 2                 |
| 147       | ESTONIA                                      | 2                 |
| 148       | NICARAGUA                                    | 2                 |
| 149       | BELIZE                                       | 2                 |
| 150       | UKRAINE                                      | 2                 |
| 151       | SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY                             | 1                 |
| 152       | MACAO                                        | 1                 |
| 153       | EL SALVADOR                                  | 1                 |
| 154       | GREECE                                       | 1                 |
| 155       | PANAMA                                       | 1                 |
| 156       | LATVIA                                       | 1                 |
| 157       | CYPRUS                                       | 1                 |
| 158       | BOLIVIA                                      | 1                 |
| 159       | JAMAICA                                      | 1                 |
| 160       | FINLAND                                      | 1                 |
| 161       | VANUATU                                      | 1                 |
| 162       | BARBADOS                                     | 1                 |
| 163       | LITHUANIA                                    | 1                 |
| 164       | MARTINIQUE                                   | 1                 |
|           | ALL INDIA                                    | 47,427            |

ANNEXURE-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6 ASKED BY DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI, MP,  LOK  SABHA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  03.02.2020  REGARDING 'STUDY IN INDIA'

STATE-WISE/UT-WISE NUMBER OF FOREIGN STUDENTS

| SL. NO.   | STATE/UTS                           |   NO. OF STUDENTS |
|-----------|-------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1         | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS         |                 3 |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH                      |              1982 |
| 3         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                   |                 5 |
| 4         | ASSAM                               |               366 |
| 5         | BIHAR                               |               245 |
| 6         | CHANDIGARH                          |               511 |
| 7         | CHHATTISGARH                        |                99 |
| 8         | DADAR AND NAGAR HAVELI/DAMANAND DIU |                 0 |
| 9         | DELHI                               |              2141 |
| 10        | GOA                                 |               248 |
| 11        | GUJARAT                             |              2068 |
| 12        | HARYANA                             |              2872 |
| 13        | HIMACHAL PRADESH                    |              1038 |
| 14        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR/ LADAKH           |                11 |
| 15        | JHARKHAND                           |                38 |
| 16        | KARNATAKA                           |             10023 |
| 17        | KERALA                              |               217 |
| 18        | LAKSHADWEEP                         |                 0 |
| 19        | MADHYAPRADESH                       |               662 |
| 20        | MAHARASHTRA                         |              5003 |
| 21        | MANIPUR                             |                15 |
| 22        | MEGHALAYA                           |               151 |
| 23        | MIZORAM                             |                 2 |
| 24        | NAGALAND                            |                 1 |
| 25        | ODISHA                              |               516 |
| 26        | PUDUCHERRY                          |                34 |
| 27        | PUNJAB                              |              4533 |
| 28        | RAJASTHAN                           |              1349 |
| 29        | SIKKIM                              |               138 |
| 30        | TAMIL NADU                          |              4101 |
| 31        | TELANGANA                           |              2020 |
| 32        | TRIPURA                             |                 8 |
| 33        | UTTAR PRADESH                       |              4514 |
| 34        | UTTARAKHAND                         |              1429 |
| 35        | WEST BENGAL                         |              1084 |
|           | ALL INDIA                           |             47427 |