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6/10/2017

Topic Reading-Vol.1886-6/10/2017

Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Indians still mad for engineering despite threat to H1B visa
India is one of the largest producers of engineers in the world. And they are one of the major contributors of the success of America’s IT industry.
 Nearly five million under graduate and post graduate students were studying engineering and technology in 750 universities and over 40,000 colleges in India in 2016, according to UGC India. And almost 1.6million engineers appear each year to the global market. Among them, over 126,000 were granted H-1B visa to the US, a ticket to work in the US for three years in their field at an amount of salary they can hardly earn in their home country.
Accordingly, to pursue higher income, status and future prospect, many students in India try to get a ticket to study engineering and technology in top universities such as the Indian Institutes of Technology, or IIT, which makes the enrolment much more competitive than any other world-famous university, even Harvard or MIT.
Even though the current US administration is going to limit the number of H-1B visas to foreign talents, students in India are still looking at IT as the surest path to success.
Enjoy reading and thinking if you want to compete in the most competitive market.

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