Foreign students urged to help foster trade ties with India
Regional Passport Officer S. Chavan has encouraged international students in Visakhapatnam to explore trade and entrepreneurship opportunities between India and their home countries. The initiative aims to leverage the city's growing status as a hub for medical tourism and higher education to foster international economic ties.
Why it matters
Promoting student-led entrepreneurship can strengthen bilateral trade relations and support the economic development of regional educational hubs.
Regional Passport Officer S. Chavan on Tuesday said international students studying in Visakhapatnam and other regions could help foster trade relations with India and become entrepreneurs.
Interacting with students at GITAM Deemed to be University, he said tourism, affordable medical services, higher education and food processing were attracting foreigners, and that Visakhapatnam was emerging as a hub for medical tourism and higher education.
Mr. Chavan encouraged them to identify trade opportunities in their home countries and take up import-export ventures while studying, assuring them of guidance and incentives. He said they could also prepare project reports on trade demand and gain experience in export business through government departments.
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