Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 4: For students aspiring to go abroad for studies, a book titled ‘Planning to Study Abroad–A Comprehensive Guide’ was released here today at Model Institute of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous) jointly by Prof. Ankur Gupta, Director MIET and Prof. K.L Bhatia, Patron, Forum for Awareness of National Security.
Dr. Sahil Sawhney, Sr. Strategic Manager (MIET) was also present on the occasion.
Thousands of students from J&K plan to go abroad every year to study but owing to the exorbitant cost of studies and uncertainty in those countries, most of them shelve their plans.
Deepti Sharma, a Global Counselor from University of California, USA along with two of her academic companions Aarti Sharma and Prof. S.K Sharma realized this aspect and authored the book giving clarification to all possible doubts of the students.
The authors researched and found that there are thousands of free scholarships, financial aids etc available for Indian students in such a way that if one is academically sound, one can study abroad free of cost. Details of such scholarships have been covered in the book.
Aarti Sharma, the second author, who has travelled to North American and European countries and is currently associated with international students at IB and IGCSE Schools, has given her experience.
World ranking universities and the colleges in the world have been listed and the methodology to enter these colleges has been fully covered in the book.
It is surprising that MBBS in some of the European and Asian countries is much cheaper than in India.
Prof. S.K Sharma, a recipient of Ati Vishisht Seva Medal from the President of India and also alumnus of colleges in USA and Hungary.
Book cover details of 17 countries where over 96 per cent of Indian students are studying. It also gives details of timelines for preparation, visa formalities in these countries and methodology to clear mandatory test like IELTS, TOEFL, GRE, GMAT and SAT.
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