As a result of the incident, the Embassy said that one student, Mili Mohan (date of birth: 17.04.2000), died, while two other students -- Ashika Sheejamini Santhosh and Jaseena B -- sustained injuries.
US universities have reported a 10 per cent drop in graduate enrollment from India in 2024-25, alongside a sharper 17 per cent decline in international students in the fall of 2025, according to a new US State Department-funded report.
The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) on Tuesday staged a strong protest in Delhi against the recent assault and deportation of an Indian student from the United States of America (USA) in an inhuman way.
India has been the largest beneficiary of the programme, with over 2000 students receiving the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship since its inception in 2004.
The statement of the Consulate General of India in New York comes after more than a dozen people, mostly students were displaced from their homes following a fire that started in the basement of a Jersey City multi-family building and spread to the first and second floors and then the roof on Thursday.
Students will also be eligible for a COVID-19 Student Relief bursary valued at AUD $2800 that can be coupled with other bursary and scholarship offers valuing up to AUD $10800.
The Universities representative body described a major competitive advantage for the country to help grow education exports and attract, nurture and retain global talent if it embraces policies which ensure it is attractive to international talent, including from India.
At a time when travel restrictions are relaxing and students contemplate resuming their plans to study abroad, they might still need to consider what would be the best mode for them to choose.
Among the 33.5% of the students who said they plan to study abroad in the immediate future or after a gap year, account for 29% and 4.5% respectively.
Summer term results for student success in Study Group’s US pathway programs, for example, reveal an exceptional student satisfaction rate of 95%, a completion rate of 94% and that 93% of students were able to progress onto university to continue their degrees.
