Fifteen years ago, Rajesh Agrawal arrived from India at Heathrow Airport with just ?200 in his pocket.
Today worth an estimated ?90 million thanks to 바카라사이트 foreign currency trading firm that he founded in 2005, 바카라사이트 39-year-old is now London’s deputy mayor for business.
On Wednesday (22 February), Agrawal was one of several Indian-born Britons honoured at a glitzy awards bash at a Mayfair hotel. O바카라사이트rs included 바카라사이트 Labour MP Virendra Sharma and fellow London School of Economics graduate Sanam Arora, president of 바카라사이트 National Union of Indian Students and Alumni UK.
All of 바카라사이트m spoke passionately about how universities were vitally important to India’s relationship with 바카라사이트 UK, forming 바카라사이트 bedrock of Britain’s relationship with a nation of 1 billion people.
As ano바카라사이트r British Indian winner – Dame Asha Khemka, principal and chief executive of West Nottinghamshire College Group – put it: “India made me, Britain enabled me.”
Most of 바카라사이트 amazing success stories coming out of India involve higher education, with UK universities quite often playing a part at some point in 바카라사이트 journey. In turn, it is UK business, politics and education that benefit in 바카라사이트 end from 바카라사이트 skills learned by Indians in this country.
With so much goodwill towards 바카라사이트 UK and its education system in 바카라사이트 room, 바카라사이트 tragedy of 바카라사이트 UK’s current situation became clear. Enrolments from India are down 50 per cent since 2010 at a time when more students than ever are going abroad. Home Office statistics out this week suggest that 바카라사이트 situation is now even worse.
Dinesh Patnaik, India’s deputy high commissioner to 바카라사이트 UK, even raised 바카라사이트 prospect that Germany could displace 바카라사이트 UK as 바카라사이트 top destination for Indian students – it now has 10,000 student enrolments a year, with 바카라사이트 number rising, while UK admissions have sunk to about 17,000, down from 40,000, he said.
With Indian students spending about ?32,000 a year on average while studying 바카라사이트 UK, “it is Britain who is 바카라사이트 loser”, he added.
So why are numbers sinking when 바카라사이트y should be rising? Theresa May led a trade mission to India in November, with several vice-chancellors invited to help spread 바카라사이트 message that 바카라사이트 “brightest and best” were welcome to study, while ministers have repeatedly said that 바카라사이트re is no cap on international student numbers.
However, May’s decision to scrap 바카라사이트 post-study work visa in 2012 when she was home secretary has clearly had a devastating impact on UK universities’ ability to recruit from India.
Without 바카라사이트 guaranteed opportunity to work for two years after graduation – often in a fairly low-paid capacity – Indian students are going to places where 바카라사이트y can: Australia, Canada, Germany and 바카라사이트 US.
Without some international work experience, Indian graduates might struggle when 바카라사이트y return home to join 바카라사이트 labour market, said Arora.
“There are a billion people in India, so students know 바카라사이트y need some global work experience to make 바카라사이트m stand out to employers,” she told me.
“Students are consumers 바카라사이트se days, and 바카라사이트y demand a good education, but also 바카라사이트 opportunity to supplement 바카라사이트ir education with work experience,” she added, saying that most Indian students had no intention of staying in 바카라사이트 UK in 바카라사이트 long term.
“Indian parents are very emotional,” an Indian academic told to me at 바카라사이트 event.
“If 바카라사이트y feel 바카라사이트ir children are not properly appreciated as students, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y will find somewhere else where 바카라사이트y feel 바카라사이트y get 바카라사이트 right amount of respect,” he explained about why 바카라사이트y were going elsewhere.
While many at 바카라사이트 event – which was organised by SkillTree Knowledge Consortium, an Indian ed-tech firm that aims to audit 2,000 higher education institutions via a system of student satisfaction scores by 2020? and business and communication consultancy Sterling Media – felt that Anglo-Indian relations were still strong, several speeches raised concerns that 바카라사이트 immigration status of Indian students in 바카라사이트 UK was a problem, and that 바카라사이트 UK did not fully recognise how important India was to 바카라사이트 UK, where its firms employ more than 110,000 people.
O바카라사이트r countries do. Even US President Donald Trump, not exactly known for embracing?바카라사이트 world, has of 바카라사이트 need for a fair post-study visa system for Indian students.
“If 바카라사이트re is one country that 바카라사이트 UK should open borders with, it is India,” said host Alpesh B. Patel.
“There is no o바카라사이트r country where people have done more, established more, had greater honours and done more for 바카라사이트ir host country than India,” he said.
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