Shringla encourages Indian American youngsters to study in India |
India`s Ambassador to the U.S. Harsh Vardhan Shringla inaugurated the Education Promotion Society of India pavilion at the 2019 NAFSA Association of International Educators Annual Conference and Expo May 28 in Washington, DC and encouraged Indian American students to study in India to contribute to a rapidly-growing economy.“India is poised to become a $5 trillion economy in the next five years and aspires to become a $10 trillion economy in the next eight years thereafter,” said Shringla after cutting a ribbon to launch the EPSI pavilion. He noted that India will be the world`s fifth largest economy by the end of 2019, and — in purchasing power parity — it is currently the third largest economy, after the U.S. and China.Shringla stated that more than half a million students from India choose to study abroad each year, with the U.S., the UK, Australia, Canada being the most popular destinations. The U.S. alone attracts more than 200,000 students from India each year.
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