Following post was written by Ashish Arora- Graduate Student in Australia.
Higher Education Abroad Makes You Unique – Not a Clown
First of all Rashmi, great job! There are very few people in the arena who think that it is worthy sharing experiences with people around, I think your post has true reflection of life in US.
However, if this is demotivating people here, let me give us some insights through my experiences.
Post by Rashmi – 20 Fascinating Differences Between Lifestyle in India and USA.
I have an IT career of around 8 years in India and Australia at some of the very best organizations in both countries.
I am not married so don’t have richer experience to that level.
However, for all those who have big dreams and ambitions, please remember that “Dreams and Ambitions keep evolving and so does the focus of a human being”. This depends on how your life takes you as you go further.
Today you have a dream of studying abroad, tomorrow it will be a good job and day after tomorrow it will be a super-rich idea of being entrepreneur.
However, these dreams or goals are inter-related.
If you don’t take your actions seriously, these dreams will still evolve but you would be chasing only one dream or change over to something else.
Studying Abroad is hundred folds better than studying in India because of following reasons.
Perspective and Culture
It gives a different perspective to people, societies, countries and an opportunity to meet different people and share experience.
Today not only I know about Australia, I know about China, Vietnam, Korea, America and Mexico through different friends and roommates.
Value of Education
Education in US/Canada/Australia/UK is valued worldwide, so your chances of getting job globally will be more. Once you settle down in a country, world does not stops neither India. You have better chances of coming back with far more saving than you would have in India.
I have come across so many people who studied and worked in US and then they came back to India and grabbed super good positions (Vice President, Senior Manager, CFO).
Let me tell you incident in one of the companies I worked, one fine day I get a mail in my inbox about new manager and I asked my colleague, “hey! who is this new manager?” Colleague -”fucking some UC grad who has done MS and MBA in US and worked for few years in US, now fucker will write emails and chill his ass down the comfy chair while we work whole day and night and he will earn dollar kind of salary in Indian Rupees” – Truth be Told
Money and Salary
One of my friends came back to India after working in UK for around 5 to 6 years. He was having a good life there and married his girlfriend after having ups and downs in family but now they have started their own business in Mumbai. They managed to earn good money and saved for business.
You have always option to buy a house in India while you are in US and put that on Rent. Lots of people do that.
Benefit – Your mom and dad get stable income out of it for their old days. I don’t say buy a house on full down payment.
Buy it on loan and then try to pay it, I reckon it won’t be that hard to pay monthly installment when you are earning in dollars keeping in mind all your expenses.
Skills Development
Come here and live independently, it is harder than living independently in India.
Here a student gets only few hours to work part time so you have to work those hours to earn and above to that study hard to get good grades, still this is not ended.
You have to do all household chorus yourself because you cannot hire a maid to do stuff like in India where even student do hire maids and stuff, forget about families.
Remember this make you more independent, organized and develop time management skills.
Job Search Advantage
How many people know about graduate jobs and internships?
I don’t know what they call it in US but here a student gets a super knowledge through graduate jobs and internship. Keep in mind that you will end up working for years in an organization and never gain that kind of knowledge what you get in graduate programs and internship sometimes.
This internships and graduate jobs are not easy to get if you are an experienced professionals and only students gets opportunity to grab these grad jobs.
Most important thing needs to be mentioned here from my past experience is that not all job fetches you right kinds of knowledge and constantly evolving learning curve.
Like a tester keeps testing same test cases every day and a developer sometimes is either on bench or keeps supporting software rather than developing a new code or working on a new project.
What IT companies in India are doing is simply collecting people and putting them on bench to show high statistics to clients of their manpower which increase their credibility to grab projects globally but situation is not like that here. You learn heaps and you get better opportunity. You don’t check emails and go home.
Life Experience
All those people who commented part time jobs as shit jobs are ignorant, uneducated or belong to a village because they have not experience such things.
I proudly declare that I have worked in restaurants, bars, McDonald, taxi stands, being a radio jockey and a sales representative.
Does it change anything in me?
Well to be honest it changes my overall personality and compelled me to think why western culture is more progressive than any other culture.
I learned workplace ethics, communication skills, professionalism, small things like gratitude, honesty, ownership, time management skills, customer relationship, readiness and activeness both physically and mentally and finally respect and love for people of all caste and creed.
Living and Racism
All those people above have discussed about racism, let me tell you a bad truth here, “Racism is everywhere” it is in India, US, Australia, Canada, XYZ country but it lies in the minds of few ignorant people who malign the entire society.
Don’t you come across with some “son of soils” in Mumbai who thinks they took your job but never thought that a person called Dhirubai Ambani gave jobs to thousands of them and never thought that person like Raj Kapoor or some chopra give a new definition to film industry.
Have you never been come across people in Karnataka thinking that people from other parts are grabbing their jobs and polluting the city. Think over this and other issues in India before concluding anything about any country.
BTW, every person knows about Mahatma Gandhi here, His thought and teaching are part of their course curricular(I am talking about top university in Oz, NewZealand etc). Nobody knows “Raj Thakre”.
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Above points provides an amazing perspective about Higher Education abroad. Ashish have written 2 more articles that are in draft. I have asked him to write about Australia.
I spoke about 40 Complex Things Your Mon Never Told About USA.
Some comments said I’m exaggerating the contents. But, just like Ashish, I have faced and lived the reality in USA.
I’m much more equipped to face real life challenges today with experience of attending school as a being independent student in USA.
Skills you pick-up while studying abroad will make you unique and prepare to face tougher challenges.
I couldn’t have developed this blog and built millions of visitors, if I were to be in India. Exposure I got from studying and living in USA translates to contents in this blog.
I have written similar experience in this post – Why International Students in USA are Unique.
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@ anish, thanks for the nice article.
I just completed my school this year with the percentage of 86% (cbse) . Its always been a dream of mine to study abroad. I really want to study abroad for many reasons, (like you have mentioned in your article) such as for becoming more independent and developing my skills and learning to see the world from a wider perspective.
I belong to a middle class family and my parents aren’t very supportive of me studying abroad, because its too expensive. Also we are four sibling and i m the youngest, they have drained all their savings in raising my other siblings. I want to do my undergraduation in graphic designing, and I dont want to ever do it in India. Sometimes I feel so hopeless, like I am running after some impossible things. But I didn’t want to give up on my dreams so quickly, so I insisted on my parents somehow (that I want to at-least give it a try) and I managed to apply to some UK universities this month.
The thing is, if i get selected then i would really want to study there. But my parents wouldnt support me with the decision. I would need 30lakhs for the whole degree and I cant afford it.
The scholarships given by the universities are not at all enough.
I have also talked to my parents about the educational loan, but i got a very negative opinion from them. They won’t allow it for sure.
I feel so hopeless at times and wonder why education has to be so expensive.
In my situation, I feel there aren’t many ways. In few weeks time, the result will be out and probably I may have to see my dreams crashing down.
However, is there any way I can afford my studies ? in a more practical way?
hey liana same situation here..i wanna study my bachelors abroad in robotics its available in UK and USA but i chose UK compared to the cost of education UK was a better choice for me…and it roughly costs me around the same price…as u need to pursue ur education…and my dad suddenly asks me “You, dont wanna study in India ryt! Dont tell me anything else..i understand..u dont wanna study here..”thats it…and i dont know what to tell.him….i was so frustrated…everytime he keeps asking me the same question and its like he says fine i will send u however i can whatever trouble i can take…gosh!!!!! my hopes are hanging on a balance now…and i really wanna chase my dreams…after my graduation…As a matter of fact….in India only two Institutes both in Punjab one is the Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology and Gulzar Group of Institutes offer Robotics which they introduced this year and affiliated to Punjab Institute of Technology..my dad asks me to choose one of these..i understand how he feels liks to send me abroad and the financial situation but i dont wanna sacrifice my dream by settling for this.No one’s sure what is gonna be my future like if i did my bachelors here.I don’t wanna argue with my dad am tired of doing it…i just don’t wanna make him feel that i am pressuring him and is there any way to answer this question that he raises….to me “You, dont wanna study in India!! Do You ?” help me out i wanna make him understand why its better to do my bachelors abroad and that too in a field thats so interesting and rarely available at the bachelors level!!!
Hi Liana,
It would not be fair to blame your parents just because they cannot afford your education. Not everyone who comes abroad is very rich and I have seen so many people working hard and making to it. Find out ways, where there is will there is way.
I can just give u my example. I wanted to do higher education but never had money. Tried hard for jobs. Worked for around 7 years. Saved some money for living expenses. Took a student loan and came to Australia to Study. In that seven years also supported my younger’s sister studies. He did her MS from BITS Pilani.
Here are some ways how you can afford your higher education:
1. Scholarship.
2. Onsite opportunities(if you really have talent, work hard and grab a onsite opportunity and save money for MS/MBA).
3. Work in IT company to save money for Education.
4. Education Loan + help from relatives and friends.
5. Remember that you can also work in US/UK/Australia to support your living expenses at least if not education.
If you combine all this, there would certainly be a way out. Try to figure out, you will surely get something.
Nothing is impossible, even the word impossible says I M POSSIBLE.
Best of Luck!!!
Ashish
hey .
that was a really nice article…its my dream to study in usa. i am currently pursuing b.tech(3 yr)
in computer science.
i wanna go for ms(computer science) ..but m unsure of the job prospects here in india after completing ms from usa..
can you please guide me thru that..
nd i also wanna know about whether the MS +MBA prog is better than just MS..?
keeping in mind i restrict myself to state univ.. (as i am from a middle class family)
can you please suggest some good univ which are affordable..?
i plan to take the fall 2013 semester..:)
thank you…
Hi Sakshi,
I will take up your queries one by one. Firstly, Job prospects in India are very bright after doing MS in US. Only thing that should take care is ‘Return on Investment’. Usually MS or MBA from US are very costly and if you don’t land up with job in US, it will be very difficult to pay back loan(When I say difficult, it means more time and more money out of your savings after you start earning money in India) so my suggestion will be if you want to come back to India after completing your studies, try to grab a job in US, work for some years and then plan to come back once you are done with your loan. To be honest, it won’t take much time to pay back your loan while you are in US, probably a year or two.
MS or MBA or Integrated: The biggest thing what people lack here when they are deciding on education is the answer to the question, “Why do you want to study?” As HSB said many times, ASK YOURSELF, let me make you understand in a better way, first understand why people go for management education or why for technical education and remember that whatever education you choose, your profession and job will be very much aligned to what you choose. Management Education is not done ONLY FOR MONEY, people have just a simple concept in their mind that a Manager is paid higher then a technical guy so let me do MBA. Please ask yourself following question?
1. Am I bent towards a particular domain in technical or managerial area or I can do anything for money ?
2. Is there any specific field where I have very high interest that I can go to a level of research into that ? like Artifical Intelligence or Human Machine Interface, computing or multiprocessor. If yes, then you need to do your research on the universities which offer you best education and research oppurtunities in that field and take up your career in that direction. If you think you are interested into field like marketing, Human resources or even Arts or physcology look out for such courses and give it a go for universities offering best into it.
3. What country is more suitable to you. US is ofcourse the best option because of it’s technological dominance but is there any other country where I can have better oppurtunities and maybe 100% scholarship like germany or europe.
4. can I afford MBA ? A big question, please go to good management schools website and have a idea about it, Mangement courses are very costly in US. Top ranking schools range from 20 lakhs and go upto 80 lakhs to a crore rupees.
5. What are the prospects of Integrated course, what kind of job I will land up with and will I be interested in those jobs ? Do your own research. Ask universities where you plan to apply, I only know some universities offer Integrated courses and most of them offer MIS which is like techno-managerial course. In India, scenario is bit different, sometimes an MBA grad gets same salary as an IT person with few years of experience so things boils down to a same level(IIMs and ISB is exception).
I will always choose a managment course after few years of experience into management, that way I know what education will get me good position and salary in market and so I will be in a good position to seek for that knowledge from source who provide that knowledge.
State Universities are always a good idea, much more affordable and more chances to get scholarship.
Regards,
Ashish
hey thank you so much…that was a brilliant piece of advice….:)
also i wanna knw the job prospects after MIS ….in USA….coz the above questions helped me trace my area of interest…and acc to me ill get more exposure by MS in MIS than MS in CS…
Can you please tell me how can I finance my education in US or any other european country?
I’m a 1st yr. agri- biotechnology student. it has always been my dream to study abroad specially in the US.
I’ve been preparing for it since 12th. I have maintained a good academic record. I know I can crack GRE and TOEFL when time comes.
I’m form a middle class family; I don’t think I can finance my higher education abroad. I’m losing my hope and its really disheartening watching my dream wash away like this.
I know few university offer financial aid but its not gonna be enough. I’m gonna have to take a bank loan of at least 29 lakhs. I can’t possiblely afford it.
Please tell me how can I finance my higher education abroad.
Hi Atul,
Good to see your enthusiasm there!!! I can suggest you some real good points to finance your studies.
Scholarships: Look out for universities offering scholarships: I think you still have roughly 2 years to complete you bachelors degree before landing up for master’s degree. If you are keen in doing masters in biotechnology then research for all good universities offering biotechnology in the world. choose the right program and start writing emails to professor what your intentions are but remember my friend, you have to build really strong profile for expecting a scholarship, like super good grads, some internship, write publications and papers and more. You can also try writing to people who have previously got scholarship and professor of the course to ask him what you should do to get scholarship for that course. Put it down in a way that you are very highly interested. Target Europe and America, we have so many forum post recently on Germany.
Education Loan: Look buddy I do understand that you cannot afford 29 lakhs bank loan, but are you in a position to generate that much of money yourself in a time frame before applying to university. Go to different bank and ask them how much loan they can give and try to think of ways you can cover up rest of money for fees and living expenses. Ask for all your relatives etc if they can help and you can pay them back once to get a job. Sometimes even rich friends help.
Self funding: Buddy I do understand that earning such a huge amount of money is not possible in a small time frame, but trust me buddy I have seen many of my friends working day and night to accomplish their dreams. India has very good opportunities for outsourcing process, if you wish you can get a job in call center or a BPO process from where you can save some money within 2 years time frame. That money can help you with your living expenses abroad.
I can only think of these points at this point of time, but buddy try building up the best possible profile in biotech and give it try for good number of university for admission. This could brighten your chances.
Best of Luck!!!
Ashish
Thank you!
Hi Ashish, really nice post. I’ve read that Indian students face discrimination in NZ when it comes to jobs and are underpaid, many of them don’t even land a job after their masters is complete. Is it in anyway true?
Hi Manisha,
I might not be most appropriate person to tell you the truth because I have not worked in NZ but I have some really good arguments here to what you think based on my experience in OZ. Well I don’t agree with your statement, ” I’ve read that Indian students face discrimination in NZ when it comes to jobs and are underpaid”. Now just think over the reason why you think all those people are underpaid. Do you really think that those people are underpaid because they are of different color. Have you ever thought that this might be concluded because of some very wrong assumptions.
Like let me give you an example, Person X who is Indian goes in an interview. Cracks interview pretty well. Come with flying colors, now he comes to HR interview phase where we have salary negotiations, please do understand that when you come to such a phase, you have to do a good research on what is the average of salary of IT professionals into that field? How much are they paid for amount of years equal to person’s X experience? Now person X did not do that research and interviewer asked him his salary expectations.
Now there can be two cases here, person X told him salary less then the average salary what a professional in that IT domain gets, interviewers gets happy, hires him. End of story!! Person X goes out and does all his research, talk to people around to find out that he’s underpaid. Who is to be blamed ??
Other case, he puts his salary expectations above than the average salary of IT professional in that domain, interviewer asks him the reason why he should be payed that much and if there is a scope of negotiations, X did not gives him satisfactory answer and says NO to negotiations(in many cases interviewer do not even ask for salary negotiations). X is rejected. End of the story!!
Everyone please understand that hiring process is very similar to sales negotiations where you are trying to sell yourself on the basis of your knowledge and skills whose quality is determined by your qualifications, degree value based on from what university you have passed out, how much did you score, what profile did you work in, how much experience you have in that skill interviewer or company need and many other factors, not everyone is looking out for a perfect recruit. What most people are looking out is someone who is suitable to the profile needed and can be hired for best negotiated price. That’s what stands true when you go and buy something for yourself right. You negotiate and reach to a price which is best for the qualities in the product you need. ISN’T IT?
“Many of them don’t even land a job after their masters is complete” Coming to your statement, I would again like to tell you that reason why people do not lands up with job cannot necessarily be racism or color, in NZ or OZ the reason can be Permanent Residency or Citizenship status. They do not land up with job because most of the organizations have to comply with government rules of security check for which person being hired must have PR or Citizenship. Other reasons can be no experience which is desired, not good grades in degree, not good performance in the interview, no knowledge of skills desired by the job profile etc. Did you ask all these questions to the person who gave you this information ? maybe he or she is trying to hide this to protect his social status or reputation with you. Think over it before jumping to conclusion.
Regards,
Ashish
Really great article by Ashish. I learned many things from your article. Nice blog as well…thanks HSB for giving such good direction for people (including me) who are thinking to study abroad.
studying post graduate diploma will iget PR in NZ
Yes you can …the only condition is it has to be two years and you should do it in a time frame of two years or more. As I said earlier, usually these diplomas are less than two years but it entirely depends on the university that is offering so you have to do your research by visiting university website.
i jus wanna know the difference between masters degree and the post graduate diploma degree which thy give in abroad (nz) , is that post graduate diploma is recognized world wide
Usually Australian Universities have graduate diploma, graduate certificates, Masters by coursework and PHD.
Well if the university is good then any diploma or degree from it is good, however, graduate diploma will not fetch you anything in terms of jobs. Usually how I see it is graduate diploma and graduate certificates are short term courses with less fees intended for domestic candidates to upgrade their skills but usually for international students they won’t fetch you PR because PR has pre-requiste requirement of 2 years of education in OZ/NZ. So, I would suggest you to go for any course for more than 2 years if you are looking forward to settle down. However, you can consider graduate diplomas and certificate if you just need to upgrade your skills and go ahead with your job, maybe it get you promotion etc.
Please get in touch with nearest IDP center(Google it) for more information.
I have never heard of anyone who values an education from Australia. In fact, most people I know would be surprised to hear that Australia has an education system.
Did you do your own research before reaching to this conclusion? Do you have any facts that conclude or prove that Australia does not have any education system in place?
Please do your own research before concluding any facts about education system of any country. You will find lots of people to advise you but at the end of the day, it’s you who have to pursue education not them. Weigh all your pros and cons, come up with a strategy to support everything that you think is most suitable for you. You can read some post of HSB, how he has put down so many facts out of different sources and his own personal experience to reach to a good conclusion.
http://www.studyinaustralia.gov.au/
Best of Luck!!
Regards,
Ashish
Thanks HSB/Rashmi/Everyone,
I just posted this as a reply to some body’s comment on Rashmi’s article. Never knew that HSB will make it as separate post. Thanks for that HSB and I am glad that everyone liked it and it inspired few people. Best of luck everyone!!!
Regards,
Ashish
excellent article.
@Anisha Totally agree with you on “travelling” point. More you travel irrespective of whact purpose of your travel is, more you get wisdom and all points mentioned by Rashmi.
Excellent article…something every Indian should read.
I agree with you to some extent, because INDIA is the only country which which has better culture, human relationships but the main problem is the culture and every thing is followed by other country people and NRIs but no Indian residents are. What about the treatment of women in today’s society(Acid attacks etc..) and more importantly increase in divorce rate, i agree that it is also high in western countries, but if we are well cultured and have good relationships that rate shouldn’t be more. Coming to corruption in other countries the corruption is done at higher levels and not in each and every day of a simple person as in INDIA(Hike of petrol,home needs etc..).
One THING more important is return to INDIA after studies to look after our parents. Because are mainly responsible for our status.
Dear HSB,
My daughter is an engineer, 2010 pass out,her subject was EXTC.she also did one year diploma course in Business intelligence and Data Ware Housingh from NIIT Mumbai.Now she is working with an MNC in Mumbai.She has scored 310/340 in GRE ,New Format and 105/120 in Toeffl and 3 in writing.She wants to pursue MS in MIS from US.Can she get admission in Top 20 University ? If YES,then could you suggest some good Universities with scholarships.Kindly reply soon.
With best wishes.
Hi Mr Singh I’m not from HSB,but simply someone who is planning to study overseas just like your daughter.Your daughter should go through the various university websites to know what is good for her.It is a time consuming process, but still better than going to a consultant or HSB ( no offence).Applying to universities is a simple as well as it’s done online.
See the fact is that the more you travel, the more you see of the world, the more people you meet, the more life experience you’re going to get. So it is but obvious that going abroad is going to help you widen your perspectives about others and yourself, regardless of whether you’re going to study, work or even as a tourist. Working in different jobs or living independently in India is going to earn you experience as well, but doing it abroad is going to be fruitful in a different, more eye-opening way, because you’re in unfamiliar territory.
And I agree about the racism. India is actually a horribly racist country, except here it’s not based on the colour of your skin, but more on what your caste is or what class of society you’re from. The difference is that here we’re more likely to be the perpetrators rather than the victims, even though we may not realize it.
What an amazingly good article. It is an eye opener article for those who might not know or appreciate the benefits of studying abroad, especially in the USA
one thing i would like to add…..though we gain more money thourgh dollars r some thing means…..whats the use if we wont be with our parents when they become old , relatives friends…friends just think…….is it better to lead a life there abroad even after completing the education r come back to INDIA….my advice just come back..look after your parents…serve the country by giving ur valuable service to INDIANS………..
hi guyz,
i support you to some extent…but o say that abroad education is best there is no need to make INDIA cheap i think…each and every whre corruption is there..infaact the guyz talking about corruption in INDIA might have also give some bribe tosome one for their personal matters…this has started just because of the selfish people and now it turned into a religion…regarding education ofcourse i agree abroad education is best..but do remember our culture is far better than any other culture..dont compare like this and make other country people feel that INDIA is bad…this is my request…
I totally agree wid u brother….I have always felt that Indian students should go abroad to study not just to broaden their pockets but brains as well..We live in dis one country and think that we know every thing.And we have least knowledge and respect about the culture of other people around the world..All these assumptions can only be cleared once you go out there and live like them.
Great post Ashis. Thanks for your insights. There is nothing wrong in studying abroad and none of my comments indicate so. Global exposure definitely humbles you and teaches life skills. The part I liked most is about Mahatma Gandhi. “… BTW, every person knows about Mahatma Gandhi here, His thought and teaching are part of their course curricular(I am talking about top university in Oz, NewZealand etc)…..” He also had global exposure, in UK and South Africa. Can you imagine what would have happenedto India if he had decided to stay back in UK for a good life ?? Hypothetical, but food for thought.
Nice post. thanks man
Good One !!!! I hope u keep on posting good articles which will be beneficial to every one ….. One thing for sure, I was inspired by u r posts and I am planning for fall- 2013 …. thanks for all ur posts they mean lot to me ….
Fall 2013. Complete GRE and TOEFL by this summer.
why…….?
ohk….. I am with TOEFL I secured 92 and I am about to take GRE ….. I will post my GRE score … Please guide me in the aspect of choosing univ’s …. I am planning my major in telecommunications…
@Ashish Thanks for your wonderful post. Your views on racism were awesome. I am waiting for your other posts.
@HSB Sure, I am going to study in abroad specifically US.
Regards,
Siva7891
Good Luck Siva. I know you have been following HSB for long time.
@HSB- Yet again damn good article. To add another point to this great article, Education system in India is marred with corruption. In most of the colleges, there is either no infrastructure or there are lethargic teachers, who dont know a shit (Not talking about the IITs,NITs, and some good other colleges/univs)… The need of good grades on ur degree is so much that there is no space for innovation or practical learning.
One of my professor, who had done his MS from Univ of Utah told me that no matter how lazy you are here in India, the day you go abroad to some good univ, you will automatically learn and get in the required mode (if you dont, u r finished).
I fully endorse your views. Apart from that, students of Indian Universities ( except IIT,NIT,Good colleges ) do find their higher studies in top US graduate schools very tough during first two semesters. If they want to earn and study it is even more tougher. Getting a job in a good company is like getting a decent role in a bollywood movie. If you perform well you are hired further. Otherwise you become an out of status immigrant and you have to leave US immediately. You cant stay there and search for a job. Be prepared for anything.
Awesome article….Kudos to u !!!
thanx for this awesome article.
I have just completed my B.Sc in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. Can u pls suggest me which subject would be better for choosing as Major in Masters regarding job perspective in US?
I have interest in Telecommunication & Power base subject also. What about these subject specially Telecommunication.
I have completed my B.E. in ECE (9.2/10) and working in a MNC as a software developer. I am basically interested in coding and developing algorithms/logic, so I opted for software field. Now, I am willing to do higher studies. But I am confused about what to pursue, whether M.Tech in India or MS in USA. Also, wanted to mention I have no idea of settling abroad. So my question is, 1. Which is better – doing MS in USA, work there for 4-5 years(until I repay my debts) and then come
back and settle here. or doing M.Tech in India and find a job here and get settled? 2. What about opportunities for me (interested in coding and development) in research field? I prefer to move to the next level (other than coding what my managers ask me to) than being a one among the masses.
http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/ms-usa-or-mtech-job-india/
Telecommunication as a field has good scope in US as far as I know. Not a bad choice I would say. You can confirm this with HSB if more info. Just keep searching for universities offering good courses on Telecommunication, I only know of Syracus.
http://ischool.syr.edu/future/grad/tnm.aspx