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“Is it alright for students from India to prosecute undergraduate aesculapian acquisition courses abroad? What is the quality successful the accounting qualifications betwixt Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Association of Chartered Accountants (ACCA)? How tin 1 hole for a vocation successful AI erstwhile already enrolled successful antithetic engineering courses?”
These were a illustration of the questions from the students posed to a sheet of experts astatine the interactive league organised arsenic portion of The Hindu EducationPlus Career Counselling 2026 held astatine Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE) successful Mysuru connected Saturday.
Professor of Community Medicine, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) S. N. Manjunatha, portion addressing a question connected the imaginable of students enrolling themselves successful aesculapian acquisition courses offered by overseas institutions, emphasised the request for the students to behaviour a thorough “research” connected the instauration earlier joining.
A batch of selling astir specified aesculapian schools successful Russia, Malta, Ukraine and different countries successful the portion takes spot successful India. “While immoderate of the aesculapian schools are good, immoderate are not up to the mark”, helium said. He besides cited examples of however students, peculiarly miss students, had to driblet retired of the courses and instrumentality location incapable to find hostel accommodation aft the archetypal year.
“Identification of a bully instauration should not beryllium based lone by going done their website. You request to speech to somebody, who has experience”, helium said.
After completing the aesculapian people successful the overseas country, the students person to mandatorily walk a qualifying introspection - Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) conducted by the National Board of Examinations successful Medical Sciences. “It is not a pugnacious examination. If you walk the examination, your sanction volition beryllium registered successful the aesculapian assembly and you tin commencement practicing successful India,” helium said.
Dr. Manjunatha besides pointed retired that determination are respective aesculapian students, who are pursuing MD (Doctor of Medicine), a postgraduate aesculapian course, successful India, aft completing their undergraduate courses successful 1 of these overseas aesculapian schools.
Chartered Accountancy
While fielding a question connected scope of chartered accountancy qualification by Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Bhargava S, who represented the Mysuru subdivision of ICAI said helium would decidedly subscribe to ICAI.
A certification from ICAI qualifies 1 to not lone motion equilibrium sheets and ineligible documents successful India, but is besides recognised by much than 100 countries, helium said, portion adding that ICAI has offices successful the Middle East and Singapore also.
However, Gaurav Yadav, who is the Director of Admissions, REVA University, Bengaluru, said ACCA whitethorn beryllium a backstage body, but its qualification is “sought-after” by MNCs successful India and Middle East. Though ACCA certification volition not suffice if 1 is looking to motion ineligible documents successful India, a batch of MNCs are looking astatine ACCA qualification for jobs, helium said.
Meanwhile, Principal of VVCE Dr. Sadashive Gowda, portion fielding a question connected the anticipation of preparing for a vocation successful AI portion already enrolled successful a antithetic subdivision of engineering, said Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) present allows students to adhd “minor degrees” to courses to their main courses.
“For instance, a pupil enrolled for a people successful Mechanical Engineering tin adhd a insignificant grade successful AI, Machine Learning, Electric Vehicles oregon Cyber Security. All this is imaginable now,” helium said.
Referring to the anticipation of students pursuing courses connected online platforms, Dr. Gowda said their assemblage has paid a interest to an online level that allows its students to instrumentality up escaped courses connected their platform.
