Added to this is the opening up of global employment opportunities. An additional factor that has encouraged this tendency is the relatively high competition and the difficulties experienced in India. Also, intakes in colleges are restricted and the number of recognized institutions offering courses of one's choice limited. At the same time, educational institutions abroad have excellent infrastructure with capable faculty handing undergraduate and graduates studies. The courses are more flexible in terms of the range of subjects and the reach to students. It has now become common to see advertisements by institutions of various countries in magazines and newspapers inviting Indian students to join various regular and short-term courses run by them. A typical good quality institution abroad is equipped to enroll students not only from its country but also from the rest of the world. This openness makes these institutions, perhaps the most sought after educational grounds for Indian students. This has inspired more and more Indian and other-students from South Asia to take the 'foreign-education' plunge. The last couple of years have seen approximately 150,000 Indian students go abroad for higher studies and this makes India one of the best feeder markets for foreign institutions. For Indian students there are many reasons for seeking international qualifications. These include international recognition, systemized admission process, availability of a large variety of courses, flexibility in the education system, many avenues for financial assistance and the post-study opportunities for employment. As per UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012) the number of Indian students studying abroad has almost tripled from 51,000 in 1999 to over 153,000 in 2007 and stood at over 200,000 in 2010; making India the second nation after China among the world's largest sending countries for tertiary students. In 2010 around 51% of the Indian students abroad pursued education in USA, with around 19% in United Kingdom and around 10% in Australia. And not to forget, these numbers has been increased tremendously since 2015