New Delhi- India is an ideal education destination where students from foreign countries can come to study niche courses like Yoga and Ayurveda, along with other disciplines in some of the best institutions in the country said Union Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal . He met met Parliamentary Delegation from Canada led by the Speaker of the Senate, Parliament of Canada Mr. George J. Furey in New Delhi.He also spoke about the upcoming New Education Policy and how it is poised to make education in India more accessible, inclusive and high quality. He spoke about the already strong relations between India and Canada in the field of education and how this could be strengthened further in the coming years.
The Minister also suggested that we should strive to develop a system whereby the top Canadian companies and Indian companies provide an opportunity to internship students in their respective countries. He added that many multinational companies are doing excellent work in both India-Canada locations. The Minister also appealed that there is a need to promote collaborative research with Indian establishments in Canada, as it is doing excellent work in the fields of nanotechnology, green energy, ecology, medicine, etc.