its not merely indian students who are going abroad to pursue higher education at present students from nearly 100 countries are pursuing under graduate ug post graduate pg and research programmes in india as well education times speaks to a k motwani director technical and chief vigilance officer of educational consultants india ltd edcil on how india is making its presence felt in the global education marketabout edcilthe edcil is a publicsector enterprise under the ministry of human resource development hrd which undertakes a wide variety of activities in the education and the hrd sector its the nodal agency for placement of international students in both the public and private institutions of india in addition it undertakes projects in other social sectors like health agriculture and rural development and provides technical assistance in various spheres of activities for instance the edcil conceptualised the establishment of the indian institute of technology iit guwahati and the indian institute of management indore among othersadvantage indiawe offer quality education the fee structure and cost of living in india is reasonable than other countries a majority of foreign students from asia and africa come to india due to similar cultural identitiesgoing globalour institutions can become truly global if we have foreign students as it will foster mutual exchange of ideas and provide an insight into various cultures which is vital for grooming global managers the success of pravasi bhartiya divas has created awareness about our educational system tooon dasadasa stands for direct admission of students abroad scheme wherein 15 per cent seats are reserved for foreign nationals in premier technical institutions under this scheme foreign students can get admission to ug engineering programmes offered by the 17 national institutes of technology formerlyregional engineering colleges and centrallyfunded institutions like the indian institute of information technology allahabad atal bihari vajpayee institute of information technology and management gwalior and national institute of foundry and forge technology ranchi to mention a few all hotel management institutes and agricultural universities too come under the dasa scheme almost 50 per cent fee is waived for students from saarc countriesrecognition of indian degreesindian degrees are recognised in most of the countries we take utmost care to find out the recognition requirements of a country before placing a foreign student in an indian institution in case of a problem we initiate the necessary talks with the government of that countrypopularising indiawe propose to organise educational fairs in the us canada the uk and australia in 2005 to spread awareness about educational opportunities in indiainvolving du and jnuwhen both the delhi university du and the jawaharlal nehru university jnu have the potential to attract foreign students it is surprising