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Study Abroad: 4,000 Indian Students Interview for US Student Visa

  • Close to 4,000 Indian students sat for interviews to secure American visa on June 8, 2017.
  • This proves that students are not anxious about the hate crimes in the US.
  • US universities take some strong measures of security for international students.

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Close to 4,000 Indian students sat for interviews to secure American visa in order to pursue higher education in the US. The interviews were conducted on Thursday, June 8, at the US Embassy and the Consulates in Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai.

Students appearing for visas in huge numbers have proved that they are not anxious about the hate crimes. Arunima Sharma, an aspirant of Columbia University’s Management Science, said that she is not much concerned about the hate crimes in the US reported by the media.

Arunima reported that she had been to the US before and has experienced the safety first hand. She also added that she felt completely safe and didn’t experience any kind of racial discrimination.

Changam Meenakshi Rajagopal is another student who has enrolled at Clemson, South Carolina for a Ph.D. programme in Astrophysics. She added that many of her friends are settled in the US and have never complained about racism.

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Talking about the violent attacks, alumni of the Stanford University said that hate crimes in a certain region of the country do not indicate that situation in the entire nation is similar. The have also added that such crimes should not discourage foreign students to pursue education in the US.

Karan Raina will be pursuing an MS in Quantitative Finance at Rutgers University. He added that US universities take some strong measures of security for international students and do their best in ensuring their safety.

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According to the US official data, there are close to 166,000 Indian students currently studying in various US universities. Indians make up the second largest pool of students in the US next to China. The US Embassy reported that every sixth international student in US is Indian.

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