Mumbai trust to provide guidance for higher
studies in US
Saturday September 22, 2012 07:40:47 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: An educational
trust of Mumbai will provide service and guidance to Indian
students seeking admission in universities and colleges of the US,
officials associated with the centre said here Saturday.
The Narsee Monjee Educational Trust (NMET) will play the role of a
connect centre of over 150 schools of higher education from the
the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a
US state.
"The centre will offer Indian students a unique service to match
each student's individual talents, interests and learning styles
to the schools best suited for them," Philadelphia's Mayor Michael
A. Nutter was quoted as saying in a release here.
Called the American Education Center, it will function at the
Jamnabai Narsee School in Vile Parle in northwest Mumbai, under
the aegis of Narsee Monjee Center for Excellence.
Kanika Choudhary will be representing Philadelphia and its Mayor
Michael A. Nutter in the country. She will be the city's honorary
ambassador to India.
Sujay Jairaj, the NMET Trustee and initiator of the Narsee Monjee
Centre of Excellence said that the idea was to provide students
and their families a database of relevant information required to
apply for studies abroad.
"It has pained us over the years to see educated families aspiring
for bright futures for their children, get swindled by touts and
agents who claim to represent universities. We are committed to
running the centre as a non-profit making centre," Jairaj said.
Prominent schools here include Carnegie Mellon, Drexel, Penn State
University, University of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore, among
others.
Kanika Choudhary, a graduate of the Wharton School at the
University of Pennsylvania, has returned repeatedly to India over
the past thirty months to share her enthusiasm for Philadelphia
and the opportunities awaiting other Indian students who also
choose Philadelphia for their education.
Nutter, in the statement from US, congratulated the NMET for its
foresight and generosity in opening the centre.
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