USEFI, Mumbai conducts pre-departure to focus on various aspects of
academic personal and social life
lthough no accurate figures are available as to how many students
return to India, anecdotal evidence and comments from administration
officials suggest that perhaps upward of 75 per cent of them do not
return after their studies, preferring to stay on in the US, work, and
become part of the American melting pot.
``It is fair to say a vast majority of them remain here for extended
trainingperiods, find jobs here, and get integrated into American society
Indian economy currently incurs an outgo of more than $4 billion every
year because thousands of students go the United States and Europe for
higher studies.
. A successful education system must do two things. It must allow
all young Indians to dream, and it must teach them the skills to
turn those dreams into reality.
To give people productive employment, education needs to be connected
to the job market. Our education system has to deepen its links with
industry, with research & development, with technology and with
finance. It is only by building these links that we will move from
creating job seekers to entrepreneurs