Studying In India

Adam18au

I am about to start University next year and i am getting information on applying to Indian Universities and especially i have now found a few scholarships for international students which really interest me. I currently live in Adelaide, Australia so although this would not be the first time i would be going to India it would be a huge shock for me but something i really want to do.The uni i would be attending would probably be in the south preferably in Chennai or Trichy.

I was wondering if anyone on here had studied at an Indian Uni and had any advice for me on doing so?

bijapuri

I spoent my sophmore year of college studying in Bangalore in 1970. It totally changed my life, and I am very glad I went. however, I found India so interesting that I dropped out and simply travelled to and fro. Took me 20 years to graduate!
so, tie yourself to the mask, Ulysses!
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I once happened to stumble across a web page of an American who studied in Chennai and had fallen in love with the country. Infact she might even be on this forum- Jennifer Polan?
Anyway, heres the link to her very informative website:
http://members.tripod.com/~jennifer_polan/

Just out of curiousity, may I ask which field of studies you are interested in and why you are restricting yourself to the South of India?

If interested in economics/history/development studies Jawaharlal Nehru University in N.Delhi is considered one of the best in Asia.

You could also try the option of going on a 6 month exchange programme first to check out the quality of education in the University you are considering and then enrolling full time if it is to your liking.

Good luck!

MadnoMad

Hi adam,
if you wanna study in the south then you can consider these following universities...but then again everything would depend on the field of study....but the good unis down south are....

Madras Uni
Bharathidasan Uni
Madurai Kamraj Uni
Pondicherry Uni

all the unis also have lots of colleges under them .... and if you are keen on chennai then some of the good colleges are....

Arts colleges
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Loyola College
Madras Christian College
D.G.Vaishnav College

Engineering Colleges
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Venkateshwara Engg college
Satyabhama Engg college
Hindustan engg college

Medical Colleges
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Stanley Medical College
Madras Medical College
Ramachandra medical college....very expensive

if you need any further info get in touch....btw I gradutaed in commerce from D.G.Vaishnav College which is under the Madras Uni..

Cheers
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Adam18au

thanks alot peoples. Im not really sure yet possibly law or maybe even teaching but thats my biggest problem, not deciding whether to go or not but what to study. Im mainly thinking the south because i have a few contacts there from my last trip to India at the end of last year.

IndyBoy

great thread.
I've been considering different options to fill the next few years, and one that attracts me is the idea of taking another university course. Now, there's no way I can afford to save enough to study in England again, and why would I want to, if I could land a place at an Indian uni.

If anyone can help me with an idea of the tuition fees, and any other info, it would be appreciated. I am thinking along the lines of either medicine or philosophy, but am open to ideas for a cool second degree!

Thanks now...

Adam18au

theres a few websites that outline the costs, they are absolutely nothing compared to what you would have to pay in england and i would have to pay in australia, at the moment i have to problems though, one money, cant afford to do it and two my parents, although im 18 they think they can stop me and dont want me to go. i would also be keen to go with another person from australia or even england, so that atleast i knew someone.

steven_ber

Adam,

I think you wouldn't need to go with another aussie/brit, you know how friendly Indian people can be.

Have your parents been to India?

I ask because I have an (almost) 18 year old daughter and can advise you on what your parents fears may be.

It is probibly just a fear of the unknown, combined with you going to a place where they can't just jump into a car to see you for the weekend.

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Adam18au

Exactly, theyve never been there and dont understand what i see in india and why i would even want to go back or even in the first place, you are right though i probably dont need anyone to go with because indians are so friendly, now my probem is getting in!

kanwar76

Hey If you are planning to study in INDIA you can optfor Delhi University or KurukShetra University or Punjab University Chandigar. These universities are quite reputed in INDIA and WORLDWIDE...

That way you can be Near......Great Himalyas ..If you like mountains..

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steven_ber

Young man, do your homework!!

I bet your sick of hearing that.

You know your parents, and what may work with them.

My ex-wife is very over-protective of our children and would still wipe our daughters nose if she were allowed, so when our daughter wanted to go to a friend’s party I knew it would be difficult.

My daughter wrote a 4-page letter, in this letter she explained the benefits, opportunities and educational value for both herself and her parents, she explained every possible danger and how she could avoid all of them.

Her mother, so impressed by the maturity shown, said she could go.

A party and going to study in India are 2 very different things, but the fears are similar.

A lot of people who don't know India still believe you may be in danger in Tamil Nadu if there are border skirmishes with Pakistan or terrorism in Kashmir, or even communal riots in Gujarat, these fears need to be allayed.

Your parents will want to know they can contact you at any time (in case a bomb de-rails a train in eastern Assam), a mobile phone could help in this situation, though once you get to know the area where you are studying you should be able to find the internet for Rs 20 an hour.

Find out the location of the closest hospital to the University, your parents may think its a one-room kind of place.

Find the results of the University over the past couple of years, I am sure they will be very good, your parents may believe a degree gained in India may not be valid in Australia, a letter from an old teacher could help here.

Find out about the drug problems in Australian and South Indian Universities, I am sure the Indian Uni's will be no worse than the one's in Australia (probably better).

Assure your parents that you won't marry a local girl and stay in South India for the rest of your life.

A very risky tactic would be (as a last resort) to explain how an Australian University does not have the same appeal, and you may consider giving University a miss.

Most importantly, be sure it's what you want, a holiday is very different to living there; perhaps have a gap year travelling around India and S.E. Asia before going to Uni.

Then start to save every dollar you can to get at least half the fare and show how determined you are.

The fears of parents are many and strange, but are still genuine fears, It will be better for you and your parents if you can go with their blessing, they may even give you the other half of the fare if they accept it will be the best thing for you.

Any other members have any advice for Adam?

Good luck.


BTW, My daughter came home 2 hours late and was sick on the carpet... that’s teenagers for you.

Rockers

Hey Adam

I tried to post this twice last night and will give it one more go before I pick up my bat and ball and go home...

Try calling UniSA (Magill Campus). Ask to get put through to the School of Social Work and Social Policy. One of the lecturers (Frank) has set up an NGO not that far out from Trichy (in Tamil Nadu). Each year, some UniSA students go to India a do their 7-month field placements (to finish their degrees). Frank may be able to point you in the right direction as far as Unis in that area go. He may atleast have some contacts for you to try. It may also help your parents get used to the idea if you have the support of a SA Uni!

If you cant get to India to study for whatever reason, why not consider studying here in Adelaide? Depending on what you're keen on, the Social Work or Social Science degrees are really interesting and you could atleast do your placement there!

All just sugesstions, but if I were you I'd try my best to head there for sure. But like someone else mentioned, it may be hard to actually get into study when there would be so much to learn just from being in India!

Happy travels

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Samsara

I personally believe gap years of even at least one or two or three years are a good idea for many. Believe me, university is not going to disappear and it is incredibly hard work academically, let alone coping with all the social aspects - and at the same time having to cope with being in a strange town or country - and having money worries and other worries (I speak from experience......) - and yes, Australian universities are awash with any type of drug or alcohol you could possibly want (and other things) and various social pressures...was a giant shock to me, I assure you. Let me say I learnt through the hard way...has made me incredibly tough but it could have easily gone the other way...heaven and hell, that was my experience of university (and it's amazing how many of the academics are heaven and how many are totally hellish...never take an academic at face value - just because they have a position doesn't mean necessarily they have any sense but there are other academics that more than make up for the ones from hell).

By the way, Open Learning Australia offers numerous units of study on their own or as part of degrees and has a scheme similar to HECS called OLDS - it is an extremely reputable consortium of universities offering distance home study - but the degrees are concentrated in humanities, business, applied arts, computer science, and other areas primarily. No bachelors of education, medicine, dentistry, that sort of stuff...it's possible even just to do one single unit from there and do nothing else and there are no entry requirements.

http://www.ola.edu.au

Also, I would like to add I have been tutoring highschool students through the HSC sucessfully since the age of 17 (started young...lol) on and off (not doing it this year but was last year) in various subjects and I feel personally that many students are not prepared in terms of study skills and study coping skills for university - I did get one student through into the course of his choice but I did advise him not to jump into it straightaway and that there were other options - and that if he did decide to start the university course straight out of highschool to be prepared for an extremely heavy workload (one really has to be very disciplined and stable within oneself as well as have the necessary study skills) - many academics are too busy to give support that is not directly related to the course material so I would avail myself of the study skills courses that many universities offer as an extracurricular subject (I find it amazing and I've been doing this for over 20 years, how many students simply don't know how to formulate a basic essay and a level of literacy in English I personally find a bit astonishing. Not saying this applies to you - but the standards at university are not highschool standards and academics don't have time to teach literacy, essay, study and research skills).