Indian Education Fair 2011 opens tomorrow

The three day ‘EdCIL – Indian Education Fair 2011’ will kick off tomorrow at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre at BMICH in Colombo.

EdCIL Education Fair would be the largest event to be organised as a ‘single country show’ with a large participation of direct representatives from India, and furthermore with a continuation of a second-leg scheduled in Jaffna on 17 & 18 May 2011.

EdCIL – Indian Education Fair 2011 is one stop shop for all the Sri Lankan, Non Resident Indians (NRIs) / Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) students who are interested to pursue various diploma, under graduate, post graduate and doctoral programmes in India in the disciplines of Engineering, Architecture, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Management, Science, Arts, Commerce, Agriculture, Teachers Training, Para-Medical, Nursing, Hotel Management and English Language Programme, etc. 

The fair is organised by the EdCIL India Limited (EdCIL), a Government of India Enterprise under the Ministry of Human Resource Development and is supported by the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka with the aim of supporting Sri Lankan students with much needed assistance for their higher educational opportunities in India and also to encourage Education Institutes in India to carry out their operations in Sri Lanka. Anju Banerjee, EdCIL’s Chairperson and Managing Director, I.S. Sidhu, Chief General Manager and Dr. Shaik Suleman  Head-Placement & Secondment are participating in the fair to be organised as a ‘single country show’ with a large participation of direct representatives from more than 30 associated Indian Institutions.

The Indian education system has conquered a strong position in international circuit and India is today recognised as a world centre for higher education amongst foreign students as the country has an unparalleled variety of academic courses. EdCIL (India) Limited is the only consultancy in the world which offers consultancy and technical services in all aspects of Education and Human Resource Development on global basis. EdCIL was conceived and incorporated as a Public Sector enterprise by the Government of India in 1981 and has executed a large number of consultancy projects across the globe on a wide spectrum of area such as placement of students, secondment/recruitment of Indian experts and faculty abroad, technical assistance, procurement and Institutional Development. A strong resource base and a professionally competent workforce have been our cutting edge in delivering value addition to our clients and bringing quality to our service delivery mechanisms.

EdCIL’s range of services include recruitment of Indian experts / faculty / teachers abroad, preparing feasibility studies, and detailed project reports towards institutional development, concept to commissioning in building new institutions, expansions, facilitation in procuring teaching and educational aids on turnkey basis, undertaking various recruitment and testing services for government departments and supporting schemes of Government of India in the education sector through setting up of technical support groups.

Placement is one of the core service of EdCIL (India) Limited. The objective is to place Foreign / Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) / Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) students in reputed Indian Institutions, recognised by the Regulatory Bodies, Government of India. EdCIL (India) Limited has been designated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India as the exclusive “Coordinating Agency and Single Window Facility” for the direct admission of eligible Foreign Nationals including Sri Lankan students /PIOs/NRIs to Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Research programmes. EdCIL places International/PIO/NRI students in more than 150 EdCIL’s associated / MoU institutions which have accreditations by regulatory bodies like UGC, NAAC, NBA, MCI etc.