date: november 17, 2015 edition: mumbai language: english ... · headline: america increasingly...
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Date: November 17, 2015 Edition: Mumbai Language: English
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Maharashtra Times
Date: November 17, 2015 Edition: All Editions Language: Marathi
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Headline: Let’s study in America
Substance: The U.S. Consul General Thomas Vajda shared the U.S. Government’s Open Doors report with the
media in Mumbai. He highlighted the consular section’s information sessions on the student visa process to
schools and students across the five states. "U.S. students coming to India to study for academic credit increased
by five per cent to 4,583 this year, making it the 12th leading destination for U.S. study abroad," said Vajda.
However, the numbers of U.S. students travelling to India has not increased significantly over the last few
years. Vajda added students from the U.S. take into account a lot of aspects before moving to other countries,
including programs, issues of housing.
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LOKMAT
Date: November 17, 2015 Edition: Maharashtra Language: Marathi
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Headline: America increasingly preferred by Indian students
Substance: The total number of Indian students studying in the U.S. shot up 28% to 1,34,292 students,
comprising the second largest foreign student body in America. The findings of the latest Open Doors Report
(published by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security) were
analyzed for the media by the U.S. Consul General Thomas Vajda in Mumbai. He credited the positive trends to
the growing bilateral relations between the U.S. and India.
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Date: November 17, 2015 Edition: All Language: Gujarati
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Heading: 30% jump in number of Indian students going to the U.S.
Substance: “Registering an unprecedented growth of nearly 30 per cent last year, a record 132,888 Indian
students are now studying in the U.S., making an estimated contribution of more than $3.6 billion to the
American economy,” Tom Vajda, Consul General of U.S. Consulate-Mumbai discussed the 2015 “Open Doors
Report” on International Educational Exchange . "We have had the highest number of visa applications,
including students' visas, from the western region." Mike Evans, visa section chief, added. In the last one year,
there has been a 89 per cent rise in the visa applications. Texas, California, New York, Illinois and
Massachusetts are the top five States to host Indian students in America. The newspaper also mentioned that
there is no plan to open a visa office in Ahmedabad which would have been a great relief to hundreds of
Gujarati visa applicants.
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Date: November 17, 2015 Edition: Mumbai Language: Gujarati
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Heading: 30% jump in number of Indian students in the U.S.
Substance: The number of Indian students heading to the U.S. for higher education recorded a robust jump of
around 29.4 per cent to 132,888 in the 2014/15 academic year, according to a report, beating China in terms of
growth. The U.S. also remained the most preferred destination in higher education for students from not only
India but other countries as well. Approximately 80% of all Indian students in the U.S. are in the fields of
Engineering, Math/Computer Science, and Business. According to the “Open Doors” report, the number of
international students at U.S. colleges and universities had the highest rate of growth in 35 years, increasing by
10 per cent to a record high of 9,74,926 students in 2014/15. The report also found the number of U.S. students
studying abroad rose by 5 per cent in 2013/14.
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