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Ravi Lochan Singh is the Managing Director of Global Reach, a company that has been representing leading Universities from around the world for 32+ years. An alumnus of India's The Doon School, Delhi's SRCC and thereafter having completed an MBA from Bond University, Australia; he founded the company in 1991. Ravi has been working with various international bodies across countries in the development of the self-regulatory structures for the industry. His role with AAERI (the one of its kind agent body promoted by the Australian Government Departments) has earned him recognition as a major stakeholder in the education export industry. His blogs on education topics has significant following and his comments on matters of importance pertaining to his sector can ruffle settled notions. The blog is his personal expression and mayn't be read as official statements of organisations that he is associated with.
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Three “Education News” that will impact the Overseas Education Industry in 2011

23 Mar 201123 Mar 2011
There have been three topics covered in the media in the last week and they do have a message for the industry... Read on and you will understand my point…
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Oz’s Group of Eight to recruit students as an agent for small-time-colleges around the globe!!!

17 Mar 201118 Mar 2011
Not Just G8 but all Australian Universities have begun to recruit International students on commission for Small-time American Community Colleges, British Second-Tier Universities and New Zealand Colleges… Don’t be shocked,…
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Tosha Sunilkumar Thakkar: Thou shalt have justice.

16 Mar 201116 Mar 2011
Tosha was just another Indian student studying a good program at a good institution. She 'was' till her life was brutally cut short by someone staying in the same accommodation block for…
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World University Rankings 2010-11: Ranking Ranking everywhere, not one that I believe!!!

12 Mar 201112 Mar 2011
Times Higher Education Supplement kicks off 2011 with their World Rankings... I question the need to rank... Rankings of World Universities are indeed an exercise that is looked for with…
Foreign Education Institutions Bill…

Indian Government’s myopia: cites the outflow loss due to overseas studies without considering the inflow from them later.

9 Mar 20119 Mar 2011
Kids take out Rs 27000cr: Govt - Estimate in HRD note for panel vetting foreign varsity legislation BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY's article in The Telegraph of this day is only half…
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AAERI Elections 2011-12 (Message of Thanks)

4 Mar 2011
Thanks to all colleagues and mates for your congratulatory message on being elected as AAERI President for 2011-12. I am overwhelmed by the majority support and the consensus between the…
Immigration…

Come on Minister Green; Don’t roll-in the UK Immigration Changes!

24 Feb 201124 Feb 2011
Its not just the borderline students but also the genuine international students who will begin to drop UK from their options, the moment UK announces the abolition of the Post…
australia…

Mirroring of Immigration Policies leading to a boring and flat world indeed…

18 Feb 2011
A perfect theory till NZ played spoiler. I present my “cut and paste” hypothesis suggesting that immigration policies are being copied from one nation to another. There was a time…
education…

“Overseas Education Agents” following “Computer Training Institutes”

16 Feb 201116 Feb 2011
As I was driving to my place of work this morning, Green and Orange posters announcing Overseas Education Fairs of two companies (both holding it on the same day) jostled…
education…

INDIA: New law on overseas university agents (in the offing!)

7 Feb 2011
Newslinks today inform: A new law making it mandatory for all education agents to register with the Indian government or face fines or jail terms, has been proposed in the…
attacks…

Mr Mallya, please donot make me and other Indians appear UGLY?

5 Feb 20115 Feb 2011
As I walked into a departmental store in Kolkata’s City Centre, a poster of Kingfisher Beer informs that to be a proud Indian, one must forget the Ugly Aussie. Obviously…
AAERI…

Is the AL change sufficient to arrest the fall in Indian student numbers to OZ?

5 Feb 20115 Feb 2011
Assessment Level change for 573 is the single most positive news in the industry in the last year. It resulted due to sheer objectivity on the part of the decision…
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Australia announces lowering of risk level for Student Visas for Indians… better late than never… will India respond!

16 Dec 201016 Dec 2010
Just a few hours ago, Australian Ministers for Immigration and Education jointly issued a media release (see link) informing the various measures that are being initiated and amongst them is…
AAERI…

2010 report-card and 2011 prediction: Demand from India for International Destinations

25 Nov 201030 Nov 2010
With 2010 Indian Student Data available for all major destinations and with UK too showing a huge decline(40%), is it a depression in the industry or a mere correction causing…
AAERI…

OZ in November 2010 listens to our echo and my impressions of the new Skilled Migration Point Test.

12 Nov 201013 Nov 2010
“An echo (plural echoes) is a reflection of sound, arriving at the listener some time after the direct sound.” This has been an unusual week and one that fosters optimism…
attacks…

A crook-Ed tale indeed: Only bollywood and incorrect picturisation of the Indian student issues in Oz.

8 Oct 20108 Oct 2010
I am a movie buff but have never been as eager for a movie release as was this day. CROOK was in the newspapers for a year as a story linked to…
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Earthquake cannot quake New Zealand’s “zeal”.

10 Sep 201010 Sep 2010
Two days after my return from my dash to NZ’s capital, Wellington, last week, I was affected by the images of the earthquake that hit Christchurch last Saturday. Anyone seeing…
australia…

UK Immigration Minister signals “review” of student visas… Has UK learnt its lesson? I doubt.

10 Sep 201010 Sep 2010
Deccan Chronicle reported on 7th September that British immigration minister, Mr Damian Green, is due to announce a crackdown on student visas. (See link.) Mr Green, in an interview with…
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Indian message to Australia: “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” and random thoughts on the Australian Elections.

10 Sep 2010
Indian expectations from the new Aussie Government… This is being penned from Sydney where I have been keenly observing the dynamics of the Australian politics over the last few weeks.…
australia…

Ground Reality: Aussie bound Indian student numbers down 77% NOT BY HALF. Newspapers and Experts foxed by data.

2 Sep 20102 Sep 2010
Ground Reality: Aussie bound Indian student numbers down 77% NOT BY HALF. Newspapers and Experts foxed by confusing stats that include re-issued visas. In yesterday’s The Australian, UNSW Pro VC…

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