India, the country that sends more students to the US than any other, young people, who had expected to pursue higher education in the US, described the spirit in Limbo after the Trump administration’s decision to stop the interview with foreign nationals applying for student visas.Some people are scrubbing their feed, removing comments and the State Department has said that it will screen the use of social media. Other new forms are exchanging news and information in encrypted group chats. And some have demanded divine assistance in “visa temples” – so it is said that Hindu devotees say that prayers provide more possibilities to get tourists, studies or work visas.Career counselors have become physicians, and expanded family networks that many Indians are in the US have established online war rooms. Other students are rethinking their backup plans or reconsidering their educational routes.Kaushik Sharma, 28, said, “I carefully designed my profile to be able to enter top policy programs in the US.” “I don’t want to go there and live in a constant position of fear,” he said. He has now considered similar public policy programs in universities in Britain and Singapore.Karan Gupta, a career consultant said that he was submerged by the call in the last few days. He said, “There are students with admit cards who do not know if they will get visa appointments, and in the US they are concerned about their visa status. They tried to assure the customers that, statistically, it was unlikely that most of the students’ plans would be increased,” he said.In American schools, or about 330,000, one -third of foreign students are from India. The number has increased by crossing China in the 2023-24 school year.The problem began on 22 May, when the Trump administration said it would prevent Harvard University from nominating international students. Five days later, the State Department said that this student would stop the interview with foreign nationals applying for visa as it expands the investigation of their social media posts.Although a judge has blocked the administration’s move against Harvard, and the State Department has stated that the student interview will be determined before his order.American universities have produced leaders such as Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella; And the beautiful Pichai, Alphabet’s chief executive, both grew up in India and participated in American graduate programs. Geeta Gopinath, second in command in IMF; And Nobel Winner Economist and Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Abhijeet Banerjee was also initially educated in India.
