Study in India Expo, one of the most popular education show series in Bangladesh on Indian
education is starting on 17 – 18 February at BICC (Bangabandhu International Conference
Center) bringing a large delegation of high ranking boarding schools and universities this year.
The two-city expo has registered a significant rise in the number of exhibitors with nearly 30
premier institutions from different parts of India. It signifies the fact that in the past two decades,
with regular political exchanges, growing trade and investment, India's ties with Bangladesh has
evolved further into a comprehensive partnership including education.
‘Study in India Expo’ attracts thousands of Bangladeshi parents and students every year because
of many obvious reasons. India is not just considered as a friendly neighbouring country but is
also perceived as a global destination for education with multicultural environment, world-class
infrastructure, the best faculties, advanced research and innovation, global recognized degree,
and all comes at an affordable cost.
“Our exhibition is the perfect platform for parents and students in Bangladesh to connect with
the academicians and admissions authorities of the Indian educational institutions directly on a
face to face basis,” states, Mr. Sanjeev Bolia, Founder & Managing Director of ‘Afairs
Exhibition & Media Pvt. Ltd.’ organisers of the Study in India Expo. He believes that this
exhibition is as much a platform of opportunity as it is one for generating awareness about the
merits of Indian education.
Geared to help visitors comprised of parents and students to ‘think in terms of global educational
options, ‘Study in India Expo’ will exhibit some of the high ranking and well-known residential
schools in India like Woodstock School (Mussoorie), Harrow International School (Bengaluru),
Assam Valley School (Tezpur), Mussoorie International School, Genesis Global School (Delhi
NCR), Oakridge International School (Hyderabad & Vizag), Kings College (Delhi NCR), Kasiga
School (Dehradun), KIIT International School (Bhubaneswar), St. Paul’s School (Darjeeling),
and Jain International Residential School, Bangalore etc. These Schools will offer the Indian
‘ICSE’ and ‘CBSE’ curriculums, as well as international curriculums ‘IB - International
Baccalaureate’ and Cambridge (IGCSE). With the promise of providing excellent infrastructural
facilities, teaching staff, grooming, outdoor activities and sports, these schools will also offer
‘spot enrollment’ and spot counselling facilities’ at the exhibition.
The fair will also showcase some of the premier, Indian universities, colleges and higher
education institutions, offering various academic, professional and vocational programmes. ‘Spot
counselling’ and ‘spot application’ offers will be among the highlights of this exhibition. Some
of the participating institutions are Manipal University, SRM University, Amity University,
Lovely Professional University, RV University, NITTE University, KIIT University, Jain
University, Alliance University, MIT World Peace University, Mahindra University, etc.
“A large number of people over the world, believe that if education is power, then Indian
education empowers!” states Mr. Ritesh Jaiswal, Director of ‘Afairs Exhibitions & Media Pvt.
Ltd.,’ organizers of the expo. “With so many Indians making it big globally in different spheres
‘Indian education’ has become not just acceptable, respectable but also valuable!” he explains.
‘Study in India’ Expo will highlight the strengths of the Indian education system, such as
emphasize in Indian schools and colleges place on English and computers; their globally
recognized qualifications; their multicultural learning environments and the reasonable costs of
their programs. Another important highlight of the event will be to make people aware how the
Indian academic institutes manage to amalgamate the traditional value system along with modern
teaching methodologies. There will be opportunities for “spot counselling” as well as “spot
applications” in the fair thereby helping Bangladeshi students and parents enjoy a world-class
education at the most affordable cost. The spot admission will be open from standard III onwards
to Bachelors as well as Master’s Degree.
The Study in India Expo originally conceived by Afairs Exhibitions & Media Pvt. Ltd. from
India, have showcased over five-hundred institutions and reached out to more than a million
people in Thailand, South Korea, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Mongolia, Malaysia, Nepal, Bhutan,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Africa and is currently moving to various countries in Africa and Gulf.
