The Government of India has designated Educational Consultants of India Limited (Ed.CIL) as the Single Window agency to facilitate the admission of children of Indian Diaspora and foreign students. Ed. CIL provides foreign students a comprehensive package of services that include:

• Providing required information to the students about Indian education
  
  
• Identifying appropriate courses/institutions which meet the students’ needs
  
  
• Forwarding the application to a choice of institutes and following it till the receipt of provisional admission letters.
  
  
• Obtaining necessary statutory approvals from concerned ministries
  
  
• Sending the provisional admission letters to the students
  
  
• Facilitating pre-departure and visa formalities
  
  
• Receiving the students in groups of 5 or more, on arrival in India
  
  
• Arranging for preparatory courses if required
  
  
• Disbursing institutional/student cost
  
  
• Acting as a local guardian