A large number of Indian students are pursuing undergraduate, post graduate, doctorate and post-doctorate studies in various courses such as Medical, Engineering, IT, Management, Humanities, Arts etc. across the world. As per the recent data from our Missions/Posts abroad, approximately 1.5 million Indian students are studying in different countries around the world. Some of the prominent destination countries with large concentration of Indian students are USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, UAE, Russia, Philippines, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, France etc.
The Global Indian Students Portal (GISP) aims to provide information pertaining to different aspects of higher education abroad which may help the Indian students aspiring to go abroad for their studies, students who are already studying abroad and also the alumni students of foreign universities.
The Ministry of External Affairs, through GISP, aims to assist Indian students by providing them authentic information which may facilitate their emigration for higher education, without being defrauded due to the incomplete/wrong information. The portal will help the students to find information on - education institutions in different countries, scholarships, equivalence/recognition of degree from foreign universities, advisories for students, bank loans, Indian student associations in different countries, contact details of officer in the Indian Embassy/High Commission of the destination country etc.