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New Delhi , Nov. 13

The US Ambassador, Mr David Mulford, on Monday asked the Indian Government to have a more open attitude towards American universities keen to have a presence in the country.

"While the Indian Government wants every Fulbright Indian scholar to get a visa for the US, the Indian Government fails to reciprocate the same. We have not found the Government very responsive to US universities that are keen to enter India. Be it through exchange programmes, or accreditation of US universities, I would like to see the attitude of the Indian Government change."

Citing other instances of participating countries contributing to the US global scholarship programmes such as the Fulbright programme, he said they have never received any funds from India.

He added that many of the American students under such programmes had to wait for as long as nine months to get their projects cleared in India.

Top position

Speaking at the US Educational Foundation in India, Mr Mulford said that it was the fifth consecutive year that India had emerged at the top position among the number of foreign students studying in the US. As per the Open Doors, 2006 report, enrolment of Indian students in the US stood at 76,503, five per cent less than the previous year. India was followed by China, Korea, Japan, Canada, and Taiwan, amongst other countries.

According to the US Embassy records, Indian students enrolling in US graduate courses rose 30 per cent. Around 32 per cent more students received visas between October and September 2006 than in the same period in 2005.

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