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| Wednesday, Aug 23, 2006
Increase in students opting for higher studies in the U.K.
Nearly 17,000 students opted to study there last year
Chennai: The education department of the British Council in Chennai has observed a gradual but steady increase in the number of students going to the United Kingdom for higher studies.
"In 2004, nearly 15,000 students from India went to the U.K. Last year, the number went up to 17,000.
This year, we expect to record a 10 per cent increase by December," said L. Dhanasekaran, head of the South India division, Education U.K., British Council.
Interestingly, it is not just fresh graduates who go for postgraduate courses there.
Gopi Ramasamy, for instance, has six years' of work experience at the National Bank For Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). With a masters in Biotechnology from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), he started his career as a lecturer in Coimbatore.
Later in NABARD, he worked on several development projects of the bank. "I got interested in the marketability of Biotechnology.
I decided to pursue an MBA programme, specialising in Biotechnology," Mr. Ramasamy said.
He will leave for Scotland this September to do an MBA in Biotechnology at the University of Abertay, Dundee.
"Scotland is the global hub for research in Biotechnology.
Major advancements in the field such as cloning and human genome sequencing were outputs of the research carried out in Scotland. There are also several life science companies there. Therefore, the exposure will be very valuable," he said.
He will receive the British Chevening Scholarship for science and innovation. The British Council administers the Chevening Scholarships programme, which is funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Dhanavel Ganeshan, a student of Electronics and Communications Engineering at Velammal College has been admitted to a master's programme
in Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at the University of Hull. "Nanotechnology is a very fascinating stream. And it is my dream to study in the U.K.," he said.
It is not just science courses that interest students. Shwetha Shriniwas is all set to study Fashion Marketing at the Glasgow Caledonian
University. "With several international brands coming into India, marketing has become a vital component in any business and the garment industry is no different," she said, adding, "This is one of the few business schools in the world that offers a course in Fashion Marketing."
Courtesy: The Hindu
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