The United States Department of Homeland Security had taken up the issue of bogus institutions in the country that has affected thousands of Indian students, Reta Jo Lewis, Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of State, told a press conference here on Thursday.
“The Department has leads on [such institutions] and they are looking into it,” she said in response to a question.
After the California-based Tri-Valley University was shut down on charges of visa fraud, hundreds of Indian students were left in the lurch, and India had raised concerns with the U.S. Educational exchanges are an important area of the India-U.S. relationship. There were about a hundred thousand Indian students in the U.S. and the focus would be on getting in more students and researchers, Ms. Lewis said.
The U.S. had matches and opportunities for engagement in education in India. “Numerous U.S. colleges want to expand their relationship…Leaders [from the two countries] can continue to further the educational stride,” she said.
Apart from education, Ms. Lewis said her visit to India was aimed at strengthening the ties with States and cities in the country on many fronts — namely trade, business, infrastructure development, education and coastal zone management.
Ms. Lewis emphasised on fostering people-to-people ties. She visited Assam, Orissa, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and this city.
Here, she met Kaku Nakhate, president of Bank of America president; Sonjoy Chatterjee Chairman of American Chamber of Commerce in India Financial Service Committee and managing director of Goldman Sachs India; Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Subodh Kumar and Pradeep Udhas, president, Western Region, U.S. Importers Council. She is slated to visit Nagpur on Friday.
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