By Krishna V. Itnal*
Pune: Maharashtra opens doors to foreign private universities. The other day, two articles on Brain Drain appeared in Sakal, the leading daily from Pune. The government has decided to keep open the field of education to ten leading foreign private universities in Mumbai.
On 30th September: The place for the campus selected is near the new airport in New Mumbai, which is likely to be opened on the 30th of September 2025. The reasons for opening the field are very interesting statistically and are on practical lines.
14 lakh students studying abroad: The first reason is to bring qualitative changes in the field. There is a huge competition and craze among aspiring students to go to foreign countries. As of today, it is said that nearly 14 lakh Indian students are abroad.
43 Billion Dollar Fees! In 2019, these students remitted a huge fee of 43 billion dollars. In the year 2025, the figure is going to cross 70 billion dollars. On average, each student spends 65 lakh rupees. It means for a four-year course, each student spends 2.5 crore.
Never to return to home, homeland! Secondly, they prefer to stay there only never to return to home homeland. It is estimated that 50,000 IITians have been abroad over the last fifty years. It is further told that for every 1,300 Americans, there is an Indian doctor.
Rs 85,000 Crores every year: In Great Britain, the figure is one for every 1,000 people. Our government spends 85,000 crore on these students every year. The major chunk of 25 per cent goes to IITs and IIMs. When compared to Japan and America, they have more universities than us but our B-grade or C-grade colleges are not market-oriented for the betterment of society. But they are marketeers in fee collection.
Rolling plan for the next twenty years: Whether in America or Japan, they prepare a rolling plan for the next twenty years, keeping their focus on national development. Among the ten universities, the following are named. Yark and Abardin from the UK. A Western university from Australia, Illinois Institute of Technology from America and Istituto Europeo the Design from Italy
Our students in Russia, France, Germany and New Zealand: The Indian students normally prefer these countries. They are America, Canada, Great Britain and Australia. Of late, we see our students in Russia, France, Germany and New Zealand.
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