The Government today launched the ‘Study in India’ initiative to attract international students to study in India.

The website of Study in India can be accessed at www.studyinindia.gov.in.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister of State for Human Resources Development Satya Pal Singh jointly launched the initiative in New Delhi.

The portal will enable students from 30 countries across South Asia, Africa and West Asia to select and apply for different courses from 150 select Indian institutions which are high on NAAC and National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking.

The Study in India is aimed at making India a preferred destination for the foreign students to pursue their education.

Speaking on the occasion, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, India has a vast network of universities and students can come from foreign countries to study.

Mrs Swaraj said, Study in India is an initiative to welcome international students. The Minister said, the medium of instruction across all courses and institutions would be in English.

In a video message, Human Resources Minister Prakash Javadekar said, the launch of Study in India programme will open the gates of prominent educational institutions of India for foreign students.

Mr Javadekar said, India was the education hub of the world with a long heritage of Nalanda and Takshashila. Now, India is surging ahead in the education sector with more than 40 thousand colleges and 800 plus universities.