The Cambridge University has always been one of the dream institutions for students from across the world. Getting admissions in it is never easy since the students are required to score high grades and travel to the UK for the interview. However, this isn’t the case now with the admission staff of the University travelling to India in order to conduct interviews for admissions to various courses.
The officials of the University have arrived in India under the umbrella of UK – India Year of Culture celebrations. As many as three former Indian Prime Ministers are alumni of this prestigious institute. These are Manmohan Singh, Rajiv Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.
The team is scheduled to visit many schools and meet up with the students seeking admission in three cities, viz. Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. As per the University, "In autumn, a team of academics will visit India to conduct admissions interviews, so that applicants need not travel to the UK for that part of our application process."
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, the vice Chancellor of the University, is also in Delhi. He said, "Many of India's leading figures, academics, scientists, industrialists and politicians have enjoyed a Cambridge education. Together we have achieved great things, and I know that by continuing to work together we will rise to even greater heights. We believe that diversity of nationality, of background, and of opinion is one of Cambridge's greatest strengths. We are a University that is open to the world and must remain so."
Elaborating on the program for the visit, the University stated that, "A series of profiles - 'This Cambridge-Indian Life' - will look at the people at the heart of the relationship between Cambridge and India: Indian scholars and students who study at Cambridge, Cambridge researchers working in collaborations based in India, and notable Indian alumni from the university."