Surat: Online studies of 23,000 strange students, at least 20,000 of them are medical students, studying in various Chinese universities has been greatly affected after they are forced to download applications that have been banned by the Indian government.
India has banned almost 250 Chinese applications after standing out.
Students accuse that vulkantans force them to download forbidden cellular applications to continue their courses.
Most universities in China use applications such as Wechat, Dingtalk, Superstar and video chat application by Tencent.
They have asked students to manage access to this application and study.
These students, who are members of Indian students in China (ISC), have raised this problem with Chinese and Indian authorities.
As a temporary solution, students access this application through Virtual Private Networks (VPN) to attend classes.
“Previously my class was done online in the Wechat application.
But after it was banned by the Indian government, my university began using another Chinese platform Dingtalk, but it was also blocked,” Shahrukh Khan said, a student from Delhi and currently study at Soochow University.
These students pay annual tuition fees ranging from RS 3 Lakh and Rs 4.5 lakh.
Moreover, trips to China are also still prohibited.
“Because of network problems, we cannot attend lectures and of course not smoothly learning.
Because a lot of interference, we don’t even understand basic details sometimes,” said a student at Vadodara, who is also an ISC national coordinator.
Nimrat Singh, a student from Jaipur, recently completed the second year MBBS at Harbin Medical University.
Singh is now preparing for the Exit National (Next) exam which is mandatory for foreign students to practice in India.
“I don’t know when I can attend a regular class and we face a big problem in attending online classes too.
My university is doing classes in the Tencent application, which is prohibited in India,” Singh said.
Various organizations from India try to increase problems with competent authority.
“On behalf of Gujarat students, I and some others tried to arrange meetings with ministers in the central government to discuss the issue of these students,” said Manish Kapadiya, a member of South Chambarat Commerce (SGCCI).
(The student name has been changed to protect their identity)