New Delhi, May 25 (IANS): To bring their counselling expertise closer to more Indian students wishing to study abroad, major student placement service provider IDP Education has recently opened three new student placement offices in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

"India plays a very important role in IDP’s global portfolio and this is reflected with the opening of our new offices in the country,” said Harmeet Pental, regional director South Asia, North America, Britain, said in a company release.

The new offices opened in Vishakapatnam, Thane and Surat have increased the number of student placement offices in India to 21 across 19 cities in the country.

"We are extremely delighted with the launch of new offices and look forward to provide the best in class service to all students who aspire to study abroad and help them achieve their dream of getting quality international education,” Piyush Kumar, country director, IDP Education, India said. 

The new initiatives are in line with IDP Education's aim of engaging more students with them for international study by providing them with the guidance to get through the best spread of institutions from Australia, Britain, US, Canada and New Zealand.

"With our team of well trained and experienced counsellors and over 45 years of experience globally, IDP aims to provide personalised counselling to students and help them with their entire journey from course and university selection, to application submission, offer letter acceptance, tuition fee payment, visa assistance and pre departure orientation," the statement added.