An online "university discovery platform" has raised $8 million with the aim to assist students in India find places at higher education institutes.

Singapore-based accommodation provider Oxfordcaps has raised $8.1m in Series A funding with an aim of improving student living experiences in 10 Indian cities.

Described as "the world's largest learning community", Polish social learning platform Brainly has grown from 60 million to 150 million unique users per month, and now boasts 15 million users in India.

Google has released a new app in India called Bolo, which has been designed to help children learn both Hindi and English, especially in rural communities without reliable internet connections.

Asia-wide education agency Global Reach has announced it has partnered with global learning provider Kaplan to better promote the US market and offer new test prep services.

IIT Delhi is looking to enrol 500 international students to its new International PhD Fellowship Programme over the next five years, with international students paying fees on par with their Indian counterparts.

A constant worrying factor for the Indian government has been losing its best minds to the West, but now India has embarked on an exciting journey to convert its brain drain into brain gain by attracting expertise and investment in higher education through the US-India Knowledge Exchange. Ruhi Kahn investigates.

Australian state Queensland has set its sights on attracting top Indian talent and promoting both its education and innovation sectors.