India biggest beneficiary of European scholarship programme
With over 5,300 recipients between 2004 and 2017, India is the largest beneficiary of the Erasmus scholarships for higher education offered by the European Union (EU) member states, EU Ambassador to India Tomasz Kozlowski said. Launched in 1987 with only 3,200 students in its first year, Erasmus now benefits almost three lakh higher education students every year.