The annual action "Assembly-2017" was held in the largest concert hall of the Indian capital "Kamani Auditorium" - solemn farewell of students admitted to study in Russian universities.
The event was organized by the Rossotrudnichestvo in India and the Russian-Indian company Rus Education, which provides information and advice to Indian applicants wishing to obtain higher education in Russia.
Among the guests of honor of the evening - President of the Delhi branch of the ruling party Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) - (Indian People's Party - BDP) Manoj Tiwari, Director of the Department of Eurasia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India G.V. Srinivasan, Charge d'affaires of Russia in India Anatoly Kargapolov, Senior Program Director of the Indian Council on Cultural Relations (analogue of Rossotrudnichestvo) Sanjay Vedi, founder and director of Rus Education company Professor of the Tver State Medical University Syed Kamruzman and others.
The participants were greeted by the director of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in New Delhi, Fedor Rozovsky. He congratulated the enrolled enrolled students for higher education in Russia, wished Indian students success in their studies, stressing that the number of Indians entering the universities of the Russian Federation is steadily growing.
"It is expected that this year more than 3 thousand people will go to universities of Russia from different states of India. Only today we are seeing off more than 250 students from North India to Russia. The level of educational contacts between our countries is constantly growing - together with the number of Indians studying in the Russian Federation, "F.A. Rozovsky said: "The Russian side is trying to select the best children for study. This year, more than 80 students go on state scholarships, many of whom go to master's and postgraduate courses. "
"Today's meeting" Meeting of 2017 "is an important event, not only because a large group of students go to Russia to study, but also because the ceremony takes place in the year of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations," emphasized the Director of the Department of Eurasia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India G.V. Srinivasan.
"Moscow and New Delhi are actively developing political contacts, economic, we successfully cooperate in many spheres. And today we have seen that communication in the field of education is also developing very well. I got the impression that Indian students with great desire go to Russia - our higher school has preserved the achievements of the Soviet era, while integrating into the modern world educational system. This makes Russian education very attractive for young Indians, "said Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Russia in India A.V. Kargapolov.
The two best students in a solemn ceremony received the "Scholarship named after the former president of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam", established in 2015 by Rus Education.
Two other students were awarded the Druzhba Scholarship, established this year in memory of the outstanding Russian diplomat, after Russia in India Alexander Kadakin, who died suddenly in New Delhi on January 26 this year. The first fellows were Mehtub Kaur from Punjab and Kartik student from Haryana.
The documentary film "Rajya Sabha TV" in Hindi language, telling about the history of Russian-Indian cooperation in the field of education and culture, as well as giving detailed information on the advantages of modern Russian higher education and the procedure for admission to Russian universities was demonstrated to the participants of the grand meeting.