Speaking about the role of education, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar in a video conference on November 12, said the quest for education has been a 'powerful incentive' for Indian students to study abroad and build strong relationships worldwide.
While addressing the 'Diplomatic Conclave' on higher education, he said that the 'more than a million Indian students' studying abroad have laid the basis for strong relationships across the world.
He added that this basis is complemented by a 'long tradition' of international students studying in India. Currently, the country hosts around 50,000 students from 14 countries.
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Jaishankar noted that given how the issues faced by every country are much bigger than education or the economy, the challenge at the moment is to “reimagine two-way interaction” for the entire world.
In addition, Jaishankar mentioned that countries are going to be increasingly defined by innovation, technology, talent and ideas. Their centrality should be a bigger discussion when the nature of power is changing along with the global architecture.
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The video conference was organised by Chandigarh University, which was also attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vadhan Shringla who also spoke at the conclave.
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Source: Times of India