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There is a community of Thais in India consisting mostly of international students and expatriates from Thailand and people born in India with Thai ancestry.
There are currently about 60 Thais living and working in Goa, mostly in Panjim and Margao. [1] Most of them work as spa therapists, beauty salon specialists and chefs in five star hotels such as the Taj Holiday village and Holiday Inn. There are also about 50 to 60 Thais residing in Mumbai. [2]
More than 7,000 Thai students study in various International Schools, Indian Universities and colleges. [3] Thai students prefer Indian institutions as they provide quality education at low cost. Most of these students came to India to study subjects such as humanities, medicine and engineering. [4]
As for School education, around 2,500 Thai students get admitted to Indian boarding and international schools (IB & Cambridge curriculum) each year. The students from Thailand target mainly schools and colleges in North and South India. In North India they prefer Dehradun and New Delhi and in South India they prefer Kodaikanal & Bangalore for school. [5] There are over 5 Thai restaurants in Bangalore. [6] Bangalore has the largest number over 700 of Thai students studying in various schools.
Matunga is a locality in the heart of Mumbai City towards downtown Mumbai. It is serviced by the Matunga Road station on the Western line, Matunga station on the Central Line and King's Circle station on the Harbour Line.
Manipal is a suburb and university town within Udupi, in coastal Karnataka, India. It is one of the cleanest towns in India. Manipal is located five kilometres away from the centre of Udupi City, in Udupi District, Karnataka (state) in south western India. It is administered by the Udupi City Municipality. The suburb is located in coastal Karnataka, 62 km north of Mangalore and 8 km east of the Arabian Sea. From its location on a plateau, at an altitude of about 75 m above sea level, it commands a panoramic view of the Arabian Sea to the west and the Western Ghats to the east.
The Indian Defence services have established numerous academies and staff colleges across India for the purpose of training professional soldiers in military sciences, warfare command and strategy, and associated technologies.
St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling, popularly called North Point or N.P., is a private Catholic primary and secondary school for boys located in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. Originally called St. Joseph's College, the school was founded in the year 1888 and is owned and managed by the Jesuits.
Pernem is a town and a municipal council in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It is the capital of the Pernem Sub-District.
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani - Dubai is a private technical research university and a constituent college of Dubai International Academic City. It became the international campus of BITS Pilani in 2000, making it the second campus established. It is the first Indian university to have an overseas campus. The institute is backed by the Aditya Birla Group and is one of the first six institutes to be awarded the Institute of Eminence status in 2018.
There is a small Korean community in India, consisting largely of South Korean expatriate professionals and their families, as well as some missionaries and international students at Indian universities.
The Park Hotels is a collection of contemporary luxury five-star boutique hotels in India belonging to the Apeejay Surrendra Group, headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. These hotels are located in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Navi Mumbai, New Delhi, Visakhapatnam and Goa. New properties are under construction in Kochi, Kolkata, Pune, Coimbatore and Jaipur.
There is a small community of Singaporeans in India, consisting largely of expatriate professionals from Singapore and their families as well as international students at Indian universities, including the citizens of India who identify themselves to be of Singaporean descent. Most of them are Singaporeans of Indian descent along with a small number of Chinese Singaporeans working there and they live mainly in Chennai and Bangalore.
There is a small but recognisable Russian community in India which comprises Indian citizens of Russian heritage as well with Russian expatriates and migrants residing in India. According to the Russian government, 845 Russian citizens are registered as living in India.
There is a small Italian community in India consisting mainly of Indian citizens of Italian heritage as well with expatriates and migrants from Italy who reside in India.
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani is a deemed university in Pilani, Rajasthan, India. It focuses primarily on higher education and research in engineering and sciences. BITS Pilani is one of the first six institutes in India to be awarded the Institute of Eminence status. According to 2012 data, BITS Pilani has an acceptance rate of just 1.47%, making it one of the most exclusive and prestigious universities in the world.
Canadian International School (Bangalore) (CIS) is a private co-educational school located in Yelahanka, Bangalore North, India. Yelahanka is close to Bangalore International Airport. CIS is certified by the Council of International Schools and New England Association of Schools and Colleges. It was the first school in Bangalore authorized by the IBO to offer International Baccalaureate Program for grades 11 and 12.
Waves is the annual cultural festival of BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus. It is a three-day-long festival held in the late October – early November period. It is a cultural festival that is held annually to celebrate music, dance and art. It is an inter college festival with students coming in to participate in events and competitions from across the country.
Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the east and south, with the Arabian Sea in the west. It is India's smallest state by area and fourth-smallest by population. Goa has the highest GDP per capita among all Indian states, two and a half times as high as the GDP per capita of the country as a whole. The Eleventh Finance Commission of India named Goa the best-placed state because of its infrastructure, and India's National Commission on Population rated it as having the best quality of life in India. It is the third-highest ranking among Indian states in the human development index.
Candor International School is a co-educational international school in Bangalore, Karnataka, India that was established in 2010 by Dr Suresh Reddy, the Founder and Chairperson of Saketh Educational Trust. It is an IB & IGCSE (CAIE) certified school on a 30 acre campus. The school has 650 students from 19 nationalities. Candor alumni are part of prestigious national and international universities such as University of California, Berkeley & San Diego, Princeton University, University of Bath, NUS Singapore, Christ University, and National Law School.
Bangalore, officially Bengaluru, is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than 8 million and a metropolitan population of around 11 million, making it the third most populous city and fifth most populous urban agglomeration in India, as well as second largest urban agglomeration in South India, and the 27th largest city in the world. Located on the Deccan Plateau, at a height of over 900 m (3,000 ft) above sea level, Bangalore has a pleasant climate throughout the year, with its parks and green spaces earning it the reputation as the "Garden City" of India. Its elevation is the highest among the major cities of India.
Indus Trust is a non profit educational trust that focuses on training research and allied activities for underprivileged communities in India.
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