Indian government launches Student Registration Module
Q. Indian students will now have to register on which MEA website?- Published on 09 Sep 16a. madad.gov.in
b. sahayata.gov.in
c. parishram.gov.in
d. None of the above
ANSWER: madad.gov.in
In the absence of data on Indian students studying abroad, Government of India has launched a registration module for them so that they can be reached in an emergency
- Student’s Registration Module has been started on madad.gov.in/ for Indian students studying abroad
- MEA has requested students to register themselves on this module as in case of emergency, the Embassy will be able to reach them
- US remains the top destination for Indian students studying abroad with latest official data saying they number over 194,000
- According to SEVIS by the Numbers, a quarterly report from the US SEVP or Student and Exchange Visitor Programme found that number of students from India studying in the US grew from 148,360 in March 2015 to 194,438 in March 2016 marking an increase of 31.1 percent
- There are nearly 1.2 million global students with vocational or academic status studying in the US
- SEVIS is part of the US ICE or Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations
- Data extracted from SEVIS on March 7, 2016 showed that international students enrolment in US schools rose by 6.2 percent as against March 2015
- 69 percent of all students who pursue mathematics and statistics coursework however, were from China
- 40 percent of international students studying in the US equalling 479,000 individuals were enrolled in STEM coursework
- Close to 417,000 international students from Asia pursued STEM studies in the US in 2016
- Among US schools, NYU, Columbia, Southern California, NE University and University of Illinois were ranked through 5 for schools with highest international student population.
- Close to 77 percent of all international students were from Asia
- Top 10 countries of citizenship for international students included India, China, and South Korea.
