| |9 JUNE 2018HIGHERReviewShaun StarShaun Star is the Assistant Dean (International Collaborations) and Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School and Executive Director, Centre for India Australia Studies at O.P. Jindal Global Universities, where he convenes numerous student mobility programmes. Recently named as 30 people to watch in the business of law in Asia, Shaun is an Australian qualified lawyer and has worked at various top-tier law firms in India and Australia.Australian students reciprocated and came to India un-der the Australian Government's flagship New Colombo Plan, albeit for short-term mobility programmes. It should be noted that this is a marked increase in numbers of Aus-tralian students and yet the stark difference in numbers is clear. Opening the doors of higher education to internation-al students has significant value for India and Indian Higher Education institutions. Broadly speaking, the more inter-national students who have the opportunity to experience India, embrace its cultural diversity and growing education system, the stronger the people-to-people links between In-dia and different countries will become. This has obvious diplomatic and economic benefits for future generations of leaders. A Member of Parliament, CEO or Vice Chancellor who has studied in India as a student, will be more likely to work closely with Indian counterparts as he or she pursues a leadership position later in their career.Having international students on campus has a direct im-pact on the internationalization and cultural diversity of In-dian Higher Education Institutions. This has the potential to bring global experiences and cross-cultural lessons into the Indian classrooms. As globalization and technology bring us all closer together, interactions between local and interna-tional students provide valuable experiences for both types of students. While some institutions in India are fortunate enough to boast foreign faculty and international students, there is still plenty of opportunities to increase the interna-tional student numbers.While many foreign universities have perhaps histor-ically seen international students as sources of revenue, the tangible benefits of having a strong international stu-dent base cannot be ignored. Indeed, in an Indian con-text, both Governments and globally minded universi-ties can and should work closely together to encourage more international students to study in India given the benefits that are likely to flow on to its domestic students and institutions.The ultimate purpose of the education is either to pursue the passion or to grab the opportunity available in the market
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