Chopra's sentiment is shared by other professionals engaged in international education or related industries.
"At last some sanity has been restored to the student visa programme with major changes announced today regarding how student visas will be assessed," Karl Konrad, a registered migration agent, wrote in his newsletter Wednesday.
"The last government was responsible for a wrecking ball approach to overseas student market so it is with great delight that we can report on these new changes," he added.
Even though the visa grant rate has increased dramatically - over 70 percent - for Indian students in the last financial year, the number of students commencing studies Down Under is still far from the levels reached in 2009.
According to the Department of Immigration statistics, in 2008-09, Indians accounted for one in five of all student visa applications lodged (22 percent) and granted (20 percent), but in 2010-11 this had reduced to 14 percent and 12 percent respectively.
As of June 30, there were 30,403 Indian students in Australia.
Updated on: October 31, 2013 9:12 IST
