<p>Britain today said there is no cap on visa for Indian students and they are free to access world-class education in top notch UK universities.<br /><br /></p>.<p>British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith said that the UK had announced 600 scholarships for Indian students aspiring to study in the UK.<br /><br />"UK has no cap on visas for students from India or anywhere else. All are treated same. Whoever comes will join almost half a million international students who come in the UK to access word-class education in the world-class universities," he said here.<br /><br />Asquith was speaking at the India launch of the report of the UN Secretary General's High Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment.<br /><br />India has time and again asked Britain to relax student visa rules for greater mobility of students.<br /><br />UK's visa policy requires students to return home after their courses end -- a move that has led to fall of Indian students enrolling in British universities by 50 per cent.<br /><br />As per estimates, the number of study visas issued to Indian nationals have fallen drastically.<br />Asquith also said that the UK is participating in several initiatives of the Indian government to promote skilling.<br /><br />He said the UK is already investing and supporting about 75 start-up businesses and they provided access to financial services to women in India.<br /><br />British companies, on an average, are spending 7 per cent of their revenues on training and skilling employees in India and are also creating more opportunities for women, Asquith said.</p>
<p>Britain today said there is no cap on visa for Indian students and they are free to access world-class education in top notch UK universities.<br /><br /></p>.<p>British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith said that the UK had announced 600 scholarships for Indian students aspiring to study in the UK.<br /><br />"UK has no cap on visas for students from India or anywhere else. All are treated same. Whoever comes will join almost half a million international students who come in the UK to access word-class education in the world-class universities," he said here.<br /><br />Asquith was speaking at the India launch of the report of the UN Secretary General's High Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment.<br /><br />India has time and again asked Britain to relax student visa rules for greater mobility of students.<br /><br />UK's visa policy requires students to return home after their courses end -- a move that has led to fall of Indian students enrolling in British universities by 50 per cent.<br /><br />As per estimates, the number of study visas issued to Indian nationals have fallen drastically.<br />Asquith also said that the UK is participating in several initiatives of the Indian government to promote skilling.<br /><br />He said the UK is already investing and supporting about 75 start-up businesses and they provided access to financial services to women in India.<br /><br />British companies, on an average, are spending 7 per cent of their revenues on training and skilling employees in India and are also creating more opportunities for women, Asquith said.</p>