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Canadian Universities can’t wait to enter India

With the news of Indian parliament passing the bill that will allow foreign universities to enter India Canadian Universities all getting geared to up to grab the opportunity.

Canada and US at present run around 26 collaborative projects with local Indian Universities and Colleges.
The Canada-India Business Council education committee welcomes the latest bill and Husain Neemuchwala, member of the committee says ‘The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce, the Canada-India Business council and we have been lobbying Canadian universities to open campuses in India,’

Expected to transform the current education scenario in India the bill was cleared by the Union Cabinet in a meeting presided by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal present in the meeting said “This is a milestone, which will enhance choices, increase competition, and benchmark quality.”

Every year 80,000 Indian students traveled to US, 50,000 traveled to Britain and 40,000 to Australia in search of better education and future prospects. Due to visa problems the number of students traveling to Canada was only 4,000. it is time for them to rejoices as they now plan to put up off shore campuses all across India and reach out to a larger number of Indian students. Remarking on the same Husain said “The Indian bill solves all these problems. Now Canadian universities will go there and impart world-class education. All visa hassles will be over for Indian students.”

Canadian Universities like the Toronto-based York University is already in contact with Indian Universities in the form of exchange programs. Husain, also heading the Toronto-based International Centre for Education explains the details of the program saying “York has just started its prestigious Schulich MBA programme in India in collaboration with the S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research in Mumbai. Under this programme, students will complete the first year in Mumbai and then come to Toronto to complete the second year. So Indian students will get the best of both the worlds.”

To be ahead in the race of foreign universities establishing off shore campuses in India Canadian Universities have already begun to do their homework with presidents of many Canadian universities coming to India with ministerial delegations or on educational missions or making independent trips to tie up with Indian Universities and understand the structure of education currently in India.

“As India continues to be a significant player on the world stage, it will become more important to develop greater expertise in the Canada-India relationship,” said Roseann O’Reilly Runte, vice-chancellor of Carleton University who was in India to look for opportunities for her Centre of Excellence for Indo-Canadian Relations.

With India in the hot seat it awaits quietly as colleges like Sheridan, Pickering and Quest rally to get a chance of establishing themselves in India.