Most of the foreign students who come to India for higher education are Nepalese

The highest number of Nepalese students is 28 percent. In 2022, 13 thousand 126 Nepali students have come to India for studies. Looking at the five-year data from 2018 to 2022, around 45 to 48 thousand foreign students have come to India for higher education. And every year, the number of Nepalis is the highest. The data of those enrolled in the year 2023 has not been published. According to the data of

2022, 3 thousand 151 students from Afghanistan and 2 thousand 893 students from America are studying in India. Similarly, 2,600 students from Bangladesh and 2,287 students from UAE are studying in India. Most of the foreign students come for study to study various subjects at the graduate level . 75 percent of the total number is found to be studying in graduation .

Among them, the number of Bachelors of Technology and Bachelor of Engineering students is high. Bengaluru, known as the IT capital of India, is the first choice of those students. Bangalore is the city with the largest number of educational institutes and colleges in India. The offices of the world's biggest companies in the IT sector are also located here. Educational consultant Shivshankar Sah said that not only the competition in studies and job assurance after studies, but also the climate, food and ease of language here have made Bangalore easy for Nepali students. According to the

statistics, more than 6 thousand students from the total foreign students who came to India in 2022 got admission in Bangalore colleges . They estimate that 90 percent of them are Nepalese. He estimates that 4 to 5 thousand Nepali students come to Bangalore every year to study various subjects. If we add the students studying in the second and third year of admission and beyond, 10 thousand Nepali students are studying in Bangalore to plan their future.

There are more than 10 universities in the government and private sectors in Bangalore . According to government data, there are 1,116 educational institutions in this city. Where higher education is taught .

The Government of India has arranged to allocate certain seats for foreign students and provide relief in fees to attract foreign students . Sah said that Nepali students who get admission in foreign quota seats have to pay less fees than Indian students who are studying the same subject. How many foreign students are studying in which college also helps in upgrading the rank of that college . Colleges are considering the admission of Nepali students in foreign quota seats.

'Compared to students from other countries, Nepalis are very hardworking and diligent, they also get good results,' says Dr. G Geeta, Director of Jain University Computer Science Engineering Department. She mentioned that the good results brought by Nepali students will also increase the prestige of the university. Our college has students from 53 countries. Among them, the number of Nepalis is the highest,' she said while talking to Kantipur, 'They are good at reading.' She told that a Nepali student who was studying in his third year only recently managed to get a full scholarship from the Canadian government because of his outstanding ability.

Students also get good paying job opportunities during their studies. Dozens of Nepali students who came to study through the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu either by getting scholarships or at private expense were found there . Those who are studying in the final year . And, they are preparing to give job interviews to foreign companies who have come to the college. Prem Rauniar from Biratnagar and Pravin Dumre from Butwal have also given an interview for a Japanese company that came to the college while they were studying in the sixth semester of B.Tech. Rauniyar said that it is easy to get a job here after studying. All the time some multinational companies from inside or outside India are coming to Bengaluru universities and colleges to find excellent employees for them. Sah, an educational consultant, said that Nepali students are attracted to Bengaluru because there are plenty of placement opportunities here. It is his experience that the number of Nepali students pursuing graduate studies in the IT sector has not decreased in Bangalore. Instead, Nepali students have decreased in the health sector. The number of Nepalese students in health science has fallen to a very low number in Bangalore. It seems that Nepalese students are taking admission in a small number of subjects like nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy.

Krupanidhi College, which earned a name for 'health science', had 350 Nepali students before the Covid epidemic. Currently, there are not even 60 Nepalis in all subjects and at all levels. The director of the college, Dr. Sam Paul Isaac, says that due to the policy changes in Nepal, there has been a decrease in the number of students in various health science subjects. According to him, in the past, students who passed class 12 could directly come here and get admission in the health-related subjects they wanted. Now, Nepal has introduced the provision that those who want to study health must first pass the entrance exam.

He said that the enrollment of Nepali students has decreased since the academic session has started here until the entrance exam process and the result. In the past in his college for various subjects of health science Each year, around 150 Nepali students will be admitted. He says that now that number has dropped to 5 percent. "Without Nepali students coming, none of our seats will be empty, those seats will be filled by Indian students," he said. Due to the diligence, competitive, cultured behavior and discipline of Nepali students, Nepali students would come more than anywhere else, it always takes He said .