India on Friday strongly raised with Australia, Canada, the UK, the US, Germany and a number of other countries the issue of long delays in grant of visas to the Indian students wanting to resume their on-campus classes. Thousands of Indian students are struggling to return to these countries to join off-line classes as there have been enormous delays in processing of their visas by the respective embassies, people familiar with the matter said. They said the Indian side raised the issue strongly and sought predictability and fast-tracking of the visa applications. The Indian officials who took up the issue…

Sai Charan Nakka, 25, was shot dead in Maryland on 19 June. After he was shot, he was taken to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center where he was pronounced dead after a while File image of Sai Charan Nakka. ANI Maryland: A 25-year-old Indian national was shot dead in Maryland on Sunday morning. The deceased, Sai Charan Nakka, graduated from the University of Cincinnati in January of 2022 and was a native of Telangana. After he was shot, Sai Charan Nakka was taken to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center where…

With thousands of Indian students expecting admissions in prominent universities in countries such as the US, UK, Canada, Australia, etc, scholarships that can cater to them are up for grabs.Governments, universities, organisations, often offer scholarships to students who are in need of some form of financial aid but there are certain criteria requirements that need to be fulfilled by the students who wish to study overseas.Here are some scholarships that students can avail to make their ‘study abroad’ experience hassle free. 1. GREAT Scholarships India Around 20 postgraduate scholarships are offered by UK universities to Indian students across a wide…

As an international student, studying in Canada can lay a strong foundation for your future career and life. However, even though Canada is known for its welcoming temporary residence policies, not everybody qualifies to study in Canada.  To be eligible for a study permit, you must first secure admission into a Canadian Designated Learning Institution (DLI). The admission process is competitive and receiving a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) from a Canadian university or college of your choice is a huge achievement. In this article, we explain what an LOA is and how to get a Letter of Acceptance for your…

Published on June 22nd, 2022 at 08:00am EDT Job vacancies in Canada climbed to 957,500 in the first quarter, the highest quarterly number on record according to Statistics Canada. The number of job vacancies has spiked by more than 72% representing about 401,900 positions compared to the first quarter of 2020. Job vacancies in Q1 2022 surpassed the previous record high numbers recorded in Q4 2021 by nearly 3%, representing 24,900 more vacant positions. The health care and social assistance sector reached another all-time high at 136,800 vacancies. Labour shortages in this sector were high before the pandemic, but COVID-19…

The leaders of Australia, India, Japan, and the US on Tuesday launched the Quad Fellowship in Tokyo, wherein 100 students from members countries will be sponsored to study in the US for graduate degrees in science, tech, engineering and math (STEM). “This fellowship will become a bridge that connects our four nations and it will us to lead and to grow so that we can resolve many of the challenges of the Indo-Pacific region and around the world,” said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the launch of the event. The Quad Fellowship application is live and will remain open…

Taking a loan for higher studies overseas is an option one can take, however, this comes with a multiyear repayment burden which most students would like to avoid. There is a way to avoid taking a loan completely or minimise it to a great extent, especially if a student wants to study in an Ivy League college in the US. These universities are known to offer some of the best aid, scholarships, fellowship and career assistance programmes which could almost make your education free of cost. We tell you how it works with an example of support available at Harvard…

Not all good promises touted with a foreign education are true: it could be a one-way ticket to a nightmare in an unfamiliar place. This is the reality of many exploited students who are victims of the Punjab to Canada recruitment business, whose hopes and sacrifices are dashed for others’ profits. Recent reports from multiple Canadian media sources have highlighted the ignored plight of Punjabi students who arrive in the country. With unchecked agencies overseas flourishing to fill the coffers of international recruitment, it’s international students that pay the price, leaving them vulnerable, destitute, and even dead. In a shocking shocking…

Short on time? Here are the highlights: The Spanish government wants to remedy some of the logistical challenges international students face in pursuing degree studies in Spain Pending new legislation, the government intends to grant residence permits to foreign students for the duration of their studies and to extend work rights for one-two years after graduation Spain faces a declining college-aged population and high levels of outbound migration International students hoping to study pursue higher education degrees at one of Spain’s 76 universities may soon find it easier to do so. The Spanish government is legislating a new University System…