Indira Gandhi National Open University draws most foreign students to India: study

The latest study on the profile of international students in India shows that it is the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), a distance education institute, which draws the maximum number of foreigners. With 3,000 foreign students in 2005-06, it leaves the other varsities in the country far behind.

Pune University comes second, having attracted over 2,400 foreign students in the same academic year with Manipal University next at 1,400-plus students from abroad. Delhi University finishes fourth with 1,055 students, followed by Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani with 912 foreign students admitted in 2005-06.

The study, conducted by Prof Dayanand Dongaonkar and senior research assistant Dr Usha Rai Negi for the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), has also categorised those coming to study in India by country of origin.

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100 foreign students deported from Pune

Since the Mumbai terror attacks, the Pune police have deported around 100 foreign students in the city for security reasons.

“We have deported around 100 foreign students of different nationalities during the drives conducted in the recent months for violating various norms like overstaying their visa limits, extending their student visa for years together, among other reasons,” confirmed Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh.

After the Mumbai terror attacks,the police had requested all colleges to send updated information of their foreign students.These included their addresses, attendance records, vehicle numbers and so on. Singh said that the police came across cases where many foreign students took admission into one institute, failed in that course and shifted to another institute or city. Several students also stayed back after their visas expired.

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