Paris : In order to boost the student exchange programme, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on Wednesday said her country targets to enrol 20,000 Indian students in higher institutions by 2025. Addressing Lady Shri Ram College students here, she said, “People-to-people contacts are essential… We want 20,000 Indian students in France by 2025.
We’re starting from something close to 5000… it is very ambitious but between India and France, the sky is the limit.” Recognizing the benefit of bilateral student mobility, France maintains the objective of 20,000 Indian students by 2025 which will create opportunities for new businesses, start-ups and innovation between the two countries.”Our business schools are highly ranked. We are working hard for skill development,” she added. In her first official visit to India, Colonna stressed the mobility of students between the two nations and said that “people to people is key to a strong relationship.”India and France are fully committed to pursuing the implementation of the Partnership Agreement on Migration and Mobility, which entered into force on October 1, 2021.