WASHINGTON (TIP): India’s Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla inaugurated Education Promotion Society of India (EPSI)’s India Pavilion at 2019 NAFSA Annual Conference and Expo on May 28. Ambassador also addressed the participants at the EPSI Pavilion. Education Promotion Society of India (EPSI), a not for profit organization from India put up the pavilion to offer an opportunity to education administrators from across the globe to acquaint themselves with the strengths of Indian education system.

Noting that the Indian Education system is the world’s third largest Higher Education System with 907 universities, 43,000 colleges and a capacity of enrolling more than a whopping 30 million students, the Ambassador explained how the higher education institutions in India offer courses/degrees that are competitive in the world market in terms of quality but are delivered at one-fourth the cost.

“The Indian Education system is vast in size, as well as its academic offerings. A vibrant and diverse education system means a wide variety of courses are available; from the modern and cutting edge to the traditional. Indian education ranges from exposure to the latest advancements of science and technology like Virtual and Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing to Yoga, Ayurveda, Sanskrit, languages, and classical music and dances. This vastness of the Indian education system directly translates to enhanced opportunities for its students and global learning for an all-round academic and personal development”, he said.

Ambassador visited the pavilion set up by Educational Consultants India Limited (EdCIL) at the NAFSA Expo and lauded their initiative ‘Study in India.’ The web portal, ‘Study in India’ developed by EdCIL is a wonderful platform for students and education administrators across the globe to understand the process of getting admission into Indian Universities.

Later, a delegation of top educators led by the President of the Board of Trustees of MIT Peace University, Pune also called on Ambassador and presented plans for a joint conference to exchange best practices in the education sector.