New Delhi: IITs from across the country have proposed to quadruple the number of international students on the IIT campuses to five per cent with the help of targeted scholarship opportunities. The proposal was made at the fourth All IITs International Research Conclave.
The conclave was hosted by IIT Gandhinagar from September 30 to October 01, 2022. During the event, IITs proposed creating 1000 scholarships for international students annually with the aim of substantially internationalising the campuses of the leading 23 IITs in India.
With this initiative, the IITs will offer financial support to international students who were selected for admission seats but could not join the campus due to a lack of financial support. The goal is to increase the international student enrollments at IIT campuses by 5 per cent.
In addition to this, the IITs proposed creating international IIT centres in neighbouring countries to boost the enrollment of international students at the offshore campuses of IITs. The countries suggested for the proposed IIT centres are Nepal, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.
Speaking on the occasion, Professor Amit Prashant, Officiating Director, IITGN, said, “IIT alumni are among the most visible and globalised of any educational institution in the world and the IIT educational brand is reputed worldwide”.
“IITians today lead some of the world’s iconic companies and these international centres would raise the profile of the IITs in the region, contribute to significantly strengthening international student recruitment and foster international academic and research collaborations” he added.
IITs have also proposed to develop 200 overseas experience fellowships for undergraduate students of IIT. With this, eligible and interested students will have an option to pursue an internship of six to eight weeks duration at the university campus or its corporate labs abroad.
Additionally, a total of 100 PhD study abroad fellowships have also been proposed for students who are completing their PhD programs from IITs. Under this, participants will complete their semesters, course work, lab experience and researc\h at the world's leading universities.
During the 4th All IITs International Research Conclave, the institutes also suggested various collaborative opportunities within the IIT network for short-term exchanges for conferences, courses, and lab internships and hosting an annual event for international students at IITs.
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