SRM AP celebrates Intl Students Day

PNS|Vijayawada

The Directorate of International Relations and Higher Studies at SRM University- AP celebrated multiculturalism, diversity, and traditions with students from more than 30 countries across the globe on International Students’ Day on Thursday.

Vice Chancellor Prof Manoj K Arora said, “You are not international students; you are students of SRM AP. Once you are students of SRM AP, there is no differentiation between domestic and International students.” Prof. Arora launched the Annual Magazine and International Students Handbook prepared by the Directorate of International Relations and Higher Studies.

Dr P Naga Swetha, Associate Director, International Relations and Higher Studies highlighted the importance of celebrating diversity and promoting creativity through cultural events. “At SRM AP, diversity is as an essential binding agent of the interdisciplinary approach to education, as well as to the greater life experience”, she added.

Students enthusiastically talked about the facilities, curriculum, and support they receive at SRM AP. “I have no words to express how well I am treated on campus”, said Sara, a Syrian student in MBA Program. “This is a very welcoming place and I have made the right decision by choosing SRM AP to study in India”, added Muskan from Nepal. Tanira from Srilanka expressed his happiness in witnessing a variety of cultural programmes that foster respect and open-mindedness for other cultures.

International Students’ Day is a global celebration of the student community that takes place on November 17 every year. Many universities now observe this day, sometimes on a day other than November 17, as a nonpolitical celebration of the multiculturalism of their international students, which was originally observed to remember the Czech universities that the Nazis stormed in 1939 and the students who were killed and sent to concentration camps.