India’s jobs crisis and the competition for admissions to technical educational institutions are both poised to get worse due to the immigration and visa restrictions adopted by the United States. A sign of the oncoming challenge is evident in the steep fall in outward remittances for education. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data shows that Indian students going abroad for higher studies remitted 24% less money to foreign universities in August 2025 compared to the same month last year.

August is the peak month for Indian students going to American universities for the fall semester. Outward remittances for studies abroad, permitted under RBI’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS), amounted to Rs 2,650 crore in August this year, the lowest figure since 2017 when the exodus of Indian students

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