Study in India Expo, one of the most popular education show series in Bangladesh on Indian education is starting on 17 – 18 February at BICC (Bangabandhu International Conference Center) bringing a large delegation of high ranking boarding schools and universities this year. The two-city expo has registered a significant rise in the number of exhibitors with nearly 30 premier institutions from different parts of India. It signifies the fact that in the past two decades, with regular political exchanges, growing trade and investment, India’s ties with Bangladesh has evolved further into a comprehensive partnership including education. ‘Study in India Expo’ attracts thousands of Bangladeshi parents and students every year because of many obvious reasons. India is not just considered as a friendly neighbouring country but is also perceived as a global destination for education with multicultural environment, world-class infrastructure, the best faculties, advanced research and innovation, global recognized degree, and all comes at an affordable cost.
“Our exhibition is the perfect platform for parents and students in Bangladesh to connect with the academicians and admissions authorities of the Indian educational institutions directly on a face to face basis,” states, Mr. Sanjeev Bolia, Founder & Managing Director of ‘Afairs Exhibition & Media Pvt. Ltd.’ organisers of the Study in India Expo. He believes that this exhibition is as much a platform of opportunity as it is one for generating awareness about the merits of Indian education. Geared to help visitors comprised of parents and students to ‘think in terms of global educational options, ‘Study in India Expo’ will exhibit some of the high ranking and well-known residential schools in India like Woodstock School (Mussoorie), Harrow International School (Bengaluru), Assam Valley School (Tezpur), Mussoorie International School, Genesis Global School (Delhi NCR), Oakridge International School (Hyderabad & Vizag), Kings College (Delhi NCR), Kasiga School (Dehradun), KIIT International School (Bhubaneswar), St. Paul’s School (Darjeeling), and Jain International Residential School, Bangalore etc. These Schools will offer the Indian ‘ICSE’ and ‘CBSE’ curriculums, as well as international curriculums ‘IB – International Baccalaureate’ and Cambridge (IGCSE). With the promise of providing excellent infrastructural facilities, teaching staff, grooming, outdoor activities and sports, these schools will also offer ‘spot enrollment’ and spot counselling facilities’ at the exhibition.
The fair will also showcase some of the premier, Indian universities, colleges and higher education institutions, offering various academic, professional and vocational programmes. ‘Spot counselling’ and ‘spot application’ offers will be among the highlights of this exhibition. Some of the participating institutions are Manipal University, SRM University, Amity University, Lovely Professional University, RV University, NITTE University, KIIT University, Jain University, Alliance University, MIT World Peace University, Mahindra University, etc. “A large number of people over the world, believe that if education is power, then Indian education empowers!” states Mr. Ritesh Jaiswal, Director of ‘Afairs Exhibitions & Media Pvt. Ltd.,’ organizers of the expo. “With so many Indians making it big globally in different spheres ‘Indian education’ has become not just acceptable, respectable but also valuable!” he explains.
‘Study in India’ Expo will highlight the strengths of the Indian education system, such as emphasize in Indian schools and colleges place on English and computers; their globally recognized qualifications; their multicultural learning environments and the reasonable costs of their programs. Another important highlight of the event will be to make people aware how the Indian academic institutes manage to amalgamate the traditional value system along with modern teaching methodologies. There will be opportunities for “spot counselling” as well as “spot applications” in the fair thereby helping Bangladeshi students and parents enjoy a world-class education at the most affordable cost. The spot admission will be open from standard III onwards to Bachelors as well as Master’s Degree.The Study in India Expo originally conceived by Afairs Exhibitions & Media Pvt. Ltd. from India, have showcased over five-hundred institutions and reached out to more than a million people in Thailand, South Korea, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Mongolia, Malaysia, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Africa and is currently moving to various countries in Africa and Gulf.
