Most foreign returned Indians living in Bangalore face a common dilemma. Their children will likely want to attend American or foreign universities and they will have to make a decision at one point whether to move back to the US. Many worry about being able to afford American tuition fees on Indian salaries, it's difficult enough on an American salary. It's a somewhat new phenomenon and a topic that comes up among parents of children in high school.. They love living in India, being near their families, they have built beautiful homes and have made new friends but they don't want to be away from their children. The children seem to have an affinity towards the US and are interested in returning back for college. If the children attended international schools, getting admission into Indian schools may not be very easy, the competition is tough so returning to the US becomes one of the only viable options for a quality eduaction. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
Recently, there was a a law being considered to allow foreign universities to setup shop in India. If it becomes a reality, more children may stay back if the quality of the education is at par. The children ready to attend college in the next few years may not be able to benefit from this but this may be an option for those in the early primary years.
The next question will be if the children who attend American schools will return back to India after their schooling or will they stay back in the US? I guess time will tell.
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That's interesting, probably the first wave of such a phenomenon. It's coming full circle - those same people that left their family to study abroad now face the exact same situation. A real sandwich generation - aging parents needing them and the desire to be close to their own children. What a dilemma.
What about the NRI quota in various universities? At least for Engineering and Medicine there is a very active NRI quota in many private schools in India - my brother was a prof at such a university (med) for a while and said that the NRI quota was always full...
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