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Responding to questions, the Foreign Secretary
stressed that this rare incident would not affect the "India
Brand" in the US.
"I do not believe that it would affect the image of
Indian students coming to this country. I think there is
enormous appreciation and I can sense that in our conversation
with our American friends in the US Government. They see the
talent and the capability and the intellectual levels of our
students who rank among the best anywhere in the world," she
said.
The flow of students from India will continue and
should not be affected by what has happened.
"This is a stray incident and you must think of the
over 100,000 students from India who come to this country for
university education and who excel in the fields that they
have chosen. That is the prevailing and overriding image of
the Indian students in this country. That has not changed,”
she said.
One has to see the story of Tri Valley as totally
apart from this positive story, the constructive narrative
involving Indian students coming to this country and indeed
contributing to the growth of the economy and to the success
of America as a country, she said. PTI