Want variety of Indian college students in France to climb to twenty,000 by 2025: French minister

France needs the variety of Indian college students within the nation to rise to twenty,000 by 2025, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna mentioned on Wednesday.

Colonna is presently on a three-day go to to India.

“We want the number of Indian students to rise up to 20,000 by 2025. I know it’s an ambitious target, but I also know that between India and France, sky is the limit,” she mentioned throughout an interplay with college students on the Lady Shri Ram College right here.

The French minister confused that gender stability was a necessity within the discipline of training.

“Much has changed when it comes to gender balance but we are still not there yet,” she mentioned.

As a part of her official go to from September 13-15, Colonna will journey to Mumbai for engagements with trade leaders and web site visits on Thursday.

She may even maintain talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on September 14 “on bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest”.