The minister also revealed that as per available data, nearly 14000 students had returned to India from China during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Approximately 10,000 Indian students are currently pursuing higher education in China, the Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs, V Muraleedharan, informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. However, specific information about Indian students is not available, as students do not register themselves with Indian Missions, inspite of Missions and Posts constant efforts, he added.
Muraleedharan was answering a question in response to Tiruchi Siva’s question on whether or not the Government of India has maintained a database of Indian students studying in foreign universities, along with the number of students enrolled in medical courses in China.
The minister also revealed that as per available data, nearly 14000 students had returned to India from China during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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“The Ministry, along with the Embassy of India, Beijing had adopted a multi-pronged approach to facilitate Indian students returning from China which included, inter alia, emergency evacuation from worst hit areas, establishment of 24X7 Control Room and dedicated hotlines for students seeking help and liaising with the government departments and universities of the People’s Republic of China for early return of these students to pursue their leftover courses and minimize the curriculum loss,” he said.
Siva had also questioned the minister on whether the government has any scheme for the welfare of Indian students studying in foreign universities. Muraleedharan claimed that NMC had allowed Indian students who were in the last year of their MBBS course and had to leave their foreign medical institute (due to COVID-19, Russia-Ukraine conflict etc) and were also granted a certificate of completion of course/degree by the respective institute on or before June 30 were permitted to appear in FMGE.
“Upon qualifying the FMG examination, such foreign medical graduates are required to undergo Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship (CRMI) for a period of two years to make up for the clinical training which could not be physically attended by them during the undergraduate medicine course in the foreign institute and also to familiarise them with practice of medicine under Indian conditions,” he added.
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First published on: 11-08-2023 at 15:00 IST