Ryan Apolin Pereira from Mumbai and Swetha Muthanna from Bangalore will attend the fifth annual EducationUSA Forum in Washington, D.C., scheduled for June 23-25. Pereira and Muthanna are educational advisers for EducationUSA at the United States India Educational Foundation (USIEF) and Yashna Trust, respectively.
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs sponsors the EducationUSA Forum to promote educational exchange as a means to strengthen ties between the United States and other countries. The forum aims to develop relationships that can help solve global challenges.
The event will gather 550 U.S. university representatives alongside more than 60 EducationUSA regional educational experts and advisers from around the world. Discussions will focus on strategies to assist international students in studying in the United States.
EducationUSA is a network supported by the U.S. Department of State with advising centers globally. Annually, its advisers provide millions of international students with "accurate, comprehensive, and current information about how to apply to U.S. colleges and universities."