A large number of Indian students nowadays prefer getting their education in abroad because of new opportunities opening up there. It has become easier for them to bear high fee structure and high cost of living due to easy availibility of loans. This increased number of students interested in making global career have contributed greatly in the demand of education consultants by leaps and bounds. Upon realizing the probable importance of Overseas Education Consultants in India, the Government of India has founded the organization 'Education Consultants India Limited (Ed. CIL)' in the year 1981. The body was formed with an aim to offer guidance and right direction to prospective Indian students.

With the increase in number of courses available and subjects offered in various streams, the requirement of education consultants has tremendously felt by the students in recent years. The motto of educational consultants is to provide specialized information on the country where the students would want to study, the university they would want to join and course they would want to opt. Counsellors are there to councel students who are not able to decide what course should they opt and how enormous is the scope of a particular course. The unlimited options available in the courses offered to the students today has made them extremely cautious and choosy about their academics. Also, peer pressure is strongly associated with the level of success in academics and their is a great deal of peer-pressure that students are facing throughout their career building these days from family, friends or society. The situation arises the need to visit the educational consultants to seek information, suggestions and idea from those counsellors which are necessary in building a right career path. Overseas educational consultants help these students to get their dream fulfilled who want to seek education from foreign countries by getting them admitted in a renowned university situated across easily. They also assist them in completing the necessary formalities while getting admission in an institute outside. Education consultants in India have set up their branches in every corner of the nation, emcompassing major cities and towns, with their popularity increasing and demand rising among the students in India. However, to some extent, with the advancement in the technology and easy accessibility of Internet facility, there are a lot of information available on the net from where the students can get immediate information without a need to visit those consultants.