Students from other parts of the globe can soon get details about higher education institutions (HEIs) in India and the courses offered by them at the click of a mouse.
A new Education India portal (educationindia.gov.in) has been developed as an initiative to showcase the strengths of Indian institutions to international students and make available all information about Indian HEIs at one place.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all Indian institutions in higher education that are admitting or are desirous of admitting international students to update the relevant details on the portal at the earliest.
In a letter, the UGC has stated that at the time of issuing the offer of admission to any international student, the institution would ask the student to register on the portal, if not already registered, and generate a unique Education India portal ID (El-lD).
A student has to register on the portal only once even if he is applying/ has got offers from multiple institutions. “It will be mandatory for all such institutions admitting international students to have AISHE code which will be used as login ID on the portal,” the UGC letter read.
As per UGC, the registrations will be opened for other institutions that desire to register and are otherwise eligible to admit foreign students. Registration of such institutions will be confirmed after a verification process in the second phase.
After updating of data by the HEIs, the portal will be opened for international students to search the institutions and programmes as per their choice. The portal will also be instrumental in promoting Indian institutions and programmes to international students across the globe.