Indian students look for options as US visa could elude

The Donald Trump administration's imminent clampdown on visas and politically-active American campuses could prompt Indian students and their parents to look at other destinations like Europe and Southeast Asia to pursue management programmes and courses outside tech disciplines.

- Devina Sengupta & Mansi Verma

NEW DELHI:

The acceptance of visas for students headed to the US for computer science, digital technologies and related areas will continue as these competencies will be in high demand in the US, according to Narayanan Ramaswamy, partner and leader for education and skill development practice at consulting firm KPMG.

But not all subjects will be preferred, Ramaswamy told Mint. "Even in this (tech) domain, while visas for lower-order skills like coding, maintenance, etc. could be limited, students who specialise in implementation of technologies such as AI, cloud, cyber security, etc. and focus on strategic realignment of businesses due to these technologies will be in demand."