Telugu is the second-highest-speaking language in USA
KARIMNAGAR, FEBRUARY 03, 2025: In a series of insightful interactions, students of Jyothishmathi Institute of Technology and Sciences (JITS), Karimnagar, benefitted from the interactive session conducted by experts from universities of the United States of America (USA) during a session on higher education opportunities in the USA on Monday.
Experts including Kirthi Srivatsav, International Director of Recruitment, Grand Valley State University and Priya Kurle, Assistant Director of Admissions South Asia, Indiana University Indianapolis, shared insights on preparing for higher education in the United States of America. They discussed scholarship opportunities, crafting Statements of Purpose (SOPs), and strategies for navigating the application process. Their guidance covered various career paths in higher education including STEM education is an interdisciplinary approach to learning that combines science, technology, engineering, mathematics and non-STEM courses of MBA etc.
Priya Kurle from Indiana University informed the students preferring higher education in the USA to choose STEM courses and select universities offering Optional Practical Training (OPT) to international students, which allows students to work in the US after graduating with their F-1 Visa status. Later, they can secure an H1B Visa, she added. She informed that more than 1.5 lakh students from Telugu-speaking states were visiting the USA for higher education and hence the US government had opened its consulate in Hyderabad. She also reminded that the Telugu was second highest spoken language in the USA after English.
Mr Kriti Srivatsav enlightened the students about the opportunities available at Grand Valley University, which is a government-sponsored university. He advised the students to select the universities in the USA offering the in-state tuition fee charged to the students of the state as it is cheaper than out-of-state tuition. JITS chairman J Sagar Rao, principal Anil Kumar and other faculty members were also present.
