At least 30 British students are learning Indian business processes at leading multinational companies, acquiring basic knowledge of Indian culture as lodgers with Indian families, and familiarising themselves with the education environment at schools in India.
The Chevening Rolls-Royce Science and Innovation Leadership Programme will be a unique opportunity for mid-career Indian professionals working in the fields of science, innovation and related public administration.
British students could soon sit and study alongside Indians in lecture halls at universities in India as part of plans to make UK students more employable by giving them international experience of living in other countries.
Norwich-based Piya Das, 23, who braved odds by doing cleaning jobs in a hospital to finance her studies in the UK, has been awarded the prestigious VQ Learner of the Year Award.