Lok Sabha Question No. 1036 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Foreign and Indian Students
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL, RABINDRA KUMAR JENA, RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1036 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## Foreign and Indian Students

1036. DR. P. VENUGOPAL: SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA: SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has maintained any data regarding the number of Foreign students admitted  in  Indian  Institutions  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  and  if  so,  the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise; (b) whether the Government has any details regarding the number of Indian students studying abroad from 2014 to till date and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor and the courses they opted for, State/country-wise; (c) the steps taken by the Government to promote Indian Institutions to attract foreign students; (d) the details of cases of assault/violence filed by Indian students studying abroad from 2014

- till now, country-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken by the government to ensure safety of foreign students in India?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (DR SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a)  As  per  the  Report  of  All  India  Survey  on  Higher  Education  (AISHE),  conducted  by Department  of  Higher  Education,  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  (MHRD),  the details of foreign students studying higher educational institutions across the country during the last three years (2015, 2016 and 2017), State/UT-wise, are at Annexure-I . The figures for the year 2018-19 is not available as AISHE, 2018-19 has started on 03.12.2018.

(b) Studies abroad is a matter of individual will and choice. Moreover, 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. Ministry of Human Resource Development does not maintain the information regarding the number  of  Indian  students  going  abroad.  However,  Ministry  of  External  Affairs  (MEA)  has informed that as per information received from Indian Missions / Posts abroad, an estimated number of Indian students currently studying abroad as on 18.07.2018 is 7,52,725. Year-wise / state-wise / course-wise break-up of number of students are not maintained by MEA / MHRD.

(c)  The  Government  of  India  has  taken  various  steps  for  increasing  the  inflow  of  foreign students in the country. MHRD has launched Study in India Programme on 18.04.2018 with the aim to  make India  an  education  hub  for  foreign  students  by  way  of  increasing  the  inflow  of inbound International Students through systematic brand building, marketing, social media and digital marketing campaigns. The programme focuses on attracting foreign students from select 30 plus countries. The programme envisages participation of select reputed Indian institutes/universities by way of offering seats for the International students at affordable rates, along  with  fee  waivers  to  meritorious  foreign  students  ranging  from  100%  to  25%.  A centralised  admission  web-portal  (https://studyinindia.gov.in)  acts  as  a  single  window  for  the admission of foreign students. In the first round,  more than 5000 foreign students have been placed in different institutions in the year 2018-19.

MHRD  has  also  launched  (in  October,  2018)  a  Scheme  for  Promotion  of  Academic  and Research Collaboration (SPARC), which aims at improving the research ecosystem of India's higher educational institutions by facilitating academic and research collaborations between top ranked Indian Institutions and the best institutions in the world from 28 selected countries. The Joint  Research  Projects  involve  the  mobility  of  students/faculty  for  long  term  research  and teaching  activities.  Under  SPARC,  foreign  students  and  faculty  members  are  given  adequate incentives for their participation in the joint research project. More details may be accessed on https://sparc.iitkgp.ac.in.

Recently, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has granted autonomy to 76 Educational Institutions  (as  per  data  up  to  26.07.2018)  which  have  maintained  high  academic  standards. UGC has categorized Universities into three categories: Category-I, Category-II, and CategoryIII. Universities coming under Category-I and Category-II may hire, without approval of UGC, foreign faculty upto twenty percent over and above of their sanctioned faculty strength. They shall also be free to admit foreign students on merit, subject to a maximum of twenty percent over and above of the strength of their approved domestic students.

Six institutions have recently been accredited the status of Institutes of Eminence (IoE) by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. There is a provision of greater autonomy including the  provision  of  admitting  foreign  students  upto  30%  of  admitted  students;  to  recruit  foreign faculty upto 25% of faculty strength; free to fix and charge fees from foreign students without restriction; flexibility of course structure in terms of number of credit hours and years to take a degree; complete flexibility in fixing of curriculum and syllabus, etc.

To attract foreign students in IITs, the Joint Entrance Examination, JEE(Advanced) examinations are being conducted in six examination centres abroad at Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Kathmandu  (Nepal),  Singapore,  Dubai  (United  Arab  Emirates),  Dhaka  (Bangladesh),  and Colombo (Sri Lanka). Supernumerary seats with a cap of 10% of total number of seats in each course are available to foreign students, who are allowed to appear in JEE (Advanced) directly without  appearing  in  the  JEE  (Main).  Similarly,  Graduate  Aptitude  Test  for  Engineering (GATE), an entrance examination for admission into the M.Tech. programmes in IITs and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions, is also conducted at these centres abroad.

Other initiatives of Government of India include Study Webs of Active -Learning for Young Aspiring  Minds  (SWAYAM),  SWAYAM  PRABHA,  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan (RUSA),  Unnat  Bharat  Abhiyan  (UBA),  Impactful  Policy Research in Social Science (IMPRESS),  IMPacting  Research  INnovation  and  Technology  (IMPRINT),  Leadership  for Academicians Program (LEAP), Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT), National Academic  Depository  (NAD),  National  Digital  Library  of  India  (NDL),  etc.  Besides  these Government  of  India  initiatives,  several  regulations  are  issued  by  the  UGC  and  All  India Council  for  Technical  Education  (AICTE)  for  improvement  of  standards  of  quality  higher education in the country. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and National Board of Accreditation (NBA) also ensure quality of higher education in the country. One of the benefits of these initiatives is that more foreign students are attracted to pursue higher education in India.

(d): As per information collected by Ministry of External Affairs from the Indian Missions/Posts  abroad,  year-wise  and  country-wise  details  of  such  cases  from  2014  to 2017(upto November) is at Annexure-II.

(e): Information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

Annexure-I referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1036 regarding Foreign  and  Indian  Students to  be  answered  on  17.12.2018  asked  by  DR.  P. VENUGOPAL, SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA AND SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

| S. No.    | State/UTs         | Total Number of Foreign Students in higher educational institutions (based on Actual Response)   | Total Number of Foreign Students in higher educational institutions (based on Actual Response)   | Total Number of Foreign Students in higher educational institutions (based on Actual Response)   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.    | State/UTs         | 2015                                                                                             | 2016                                                                                             | 2017                                                                                             |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 1787                                                                                             | 2341                                                                                             | 2092                                                                                             |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                |
| 3         | Assam             | 164                                                                                              | 184                                                                                              | 306                                                                                              |
| 4         | Bihar             | 268                                                                                              | 292                                                                                              | 269                                                                                              |
| 5         | Chandigarh        | 552                                                                                              | 639                                                                                              | 580                                                                                              |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      | 127                                                                                              | 153                                                                                              | 182                                                                                              |
| 7         | Delhi             | 2063                                                                                             | 2632                                                                                             | 2266                                                                                             |
| 8         | Goa               | 143                                                                                              | 164                                                                                              | 240                                                                                              |
| 9         | Gujarat           | 1055                                                                                             | 1430                                                                                             | 1689                                                                                             |
| 10        | Haryana           | 1321                                                                                             | 1783                                                                                             | 2017                                                                                             |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh  | 483                                                                                              | 666                                                                                              | 871                                                                                              |
| 12        | Jammu and Kashmir | 8                                                                                                | 18                                                                                               | 11                                                                                               |
| 13        | Jharkhand         | 93                                                                                               | 121                                                                                              | 89                                                                                               |
| 14        | Karnataka         | 14398                                                                                            | 13050                                                                                            | 12041                                                                                            |
| 15        | Kerala            | 133                                                                                              | 104                                                                                              | 136                                                                                              |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh    | 340                                                                                              | 440                                                                                              | 654                                                                                              |
| 17        | Maharashtra       | 4649                                                                                             | 4619                                                                                             | 4306                                                                                             |
| 18        | Manipur           | 7                                                                                                | 8                                                                                                | 10                                                                                               |
| 19        | Meghalaya         | 217                                                                                              | 160                                                                                              | 172                                                                                              |
| 20        | Mizoram           | 4                                                                                                | 7                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                |
| 21        | Nagaland          | 2                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 22        | Odisha            | 112                                                                                              | 309                                                                                              | 200                                                                                              |
| 23        | Puducherry        | 105                                                                                              | 46                                                                                               | 45                                                                                               |
| 24        | Punjab            | 2459                                                                                             | 3246                                                                                             | 3775                                                                                             |
| 25        | Rajasthan         | 856                                                                                              | 948                                                                                              | 1101                                                                                             |
| 26        | Sikkim            | 473                                                                                              | 339                                                                                              | 214                                                                                              |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu        | 5377                                                                                             | 4889                                                                                             | 3542                                                                                             |
| 28        | Telangana         | 3032                                                                                             | 3461                                                                                             | 2877                                                                                             |
| 29        | Tripura           | 11                                                                                               | 19                                                                                               | 26                                                                                               |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh     | 3407                                                                                             | 3602                                                                                             | 4465                                                                                             |
| 31        | Uttarakhand       | 826                                                                                              | 843                                                                                              | 1055                                                                                             |
| 32        | West Bengal       | 952                                                                                              | 1062                                                                                             | 907                                                                                              |
| All India | All India         | 45,424                                                                                           | 47,575                                                                                           | 46,144                                                                                           |

In Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep, there are no Foreign Students.

Annexure-II referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1036 regarding Foreign  and  Indian  Students to  be  answered  on  17.12.2018  asked  by  DR.  P. VENUGOPAL, SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA AND SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

## Country-wise incidents of attack on Indian students

| Sr. No.   | Name of Country   | Year-wise data   | Year-wise data   | Year-wise data   | Year-wise data       |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------|
| Sr. No.   | Name of Country   | 2014             | 2015             | 2016             | 2017 (upto November) |
| 1         | Australia         | Nil              | Nil              | Nil              | 2                    |
| 2         | Bangladesh        | Nil              | Nil              | Nil              | 1                    |
| 3         | Bulgaria          | Nil              | Nil              | 1                | 1                    |
| 4         | France            | Nil              | Nil              | 1                | 1                    |
| 5         | Germany           | 1                | 4                | Nil              | Nil                  |
| 6         | Kazakhstan        | Nil              | Nil              | 1                | Nil                  |
| 7         | Kyrgyzstan        | 3                | 5                | Nil              | Nil                  |
| 8         | Malaysia          | 4                | 3                | Nil              | Nil                  |
| 9         | Nepal             | Nil              | 1                | Nil              | Nil                  |
| 10        | Lithuania         | 2                | Nil              | Nil              | Nil                  |
| 11        | USA               | 1                | Nil              | Nil              | 1                    |
| 12        | Italy             | Nil              | Nil              | Nil              | 3                    |
| 13        | Poland            | Nil              | Nil              | Nil              | 9                    |
| 14        | Guyana            | Nil              | Nil              | Nil              | 1                    |
| 15        | Russia            | Nil              | Nil              | Nil              | 1                    |
| 16        | Czech Republic    | Nil              | Nil              | Nil              | 1                    |
| 17        | Ukraine           | Nil              | Nil              | 2                | Nil                  |
| 18        | Republic of Korea | 1                | Nil              | Nil              | Nil                  |