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The German government has been easing visa and language requirements to attract students and young professionals from India. DW traveled to the Indian state of Haryana to meet students preparing to leave for Germany.
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00:00They've got working German and are raring to go to Deutschland.
00:07These young Indians are preparing to join Germany's vocational training system
00:12that combines studies with practical experience on the job.
00:20It's not just the language, they're also learning about German culture and lifestyle.
00:30As the class breaks, they test each other's knowledge of their destination country.
00:37Most are due to start jobs in healthcare, hospitality, food processing or transportation this year.
00:46What you see here is diplomacy in action,
00:49as India and Germany take their people-to-people relations to a new high.
00:53Germany is short of skilled labour, while India has a wealth of untapped talent.
00:58The idea is to combine these together to create a win-win.
01:03To play their part, these students will have to get used to life in Germany.
01:09People are punctual, but the train system is not.
01:13So, I hear you end up late.
01:15And even if we are five minutes late, they can scold us a lot.
01:18Then they may judge us based on that.
01:21And on top of that, the weather in Germany is always cold, cold, cold.
01:24That's not good. I don't like it.
01:28Germans drink a lot of beer. They believe in enjoying their lives.
01:32The people here are very stressed. I would love to go to Germany.
01:35I'll complete a three-year apprentice course.
01:40Then I'll continue my life in Germany as a truck driver.
01:43I can travel the whole of Europe as part of this programme.
01:46I'm very excited to go. I've started shopping already.
01:51Rajesh Kundru switched careers to take advantage of the German push to attract Indians.
01:56Germany used to be a hard sell to people looking for a future abroad.
02:03They would look at the UK, Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand.
02:14I'd tell them that going to those countries would cost thousands of dollars,
02:20and with repeat course fees.
02:23But now that these countries are closing their doors,
02:28people are increasingly looking at Germany.
02:34Social media makes Germany feel just a swipe away.
02:38They giggle at a video of DIY plumbing in Germany.
02:42Not what they imagined they would be signing up for,
02:46but that could soon be a part of their lives too.
02:53in the past four years,
02:55they would be a part of their communities.
02:56It would be a part of their lives too.
02:57That's a part of their lives too.
02:58You're like a part of their lives too.
02:59That's right.
03:00That's it.
03:01There's a part of the building where it happens.
03:03There's a lot of things for me to be with.
03:04There are many people who do things like that.
03:05There's lots of things for the people of this world.
03:06There's a lot of people who do things like that.
03:08They're far enough to be aware of,
03:09they've been doing the whole of Italy.
03:11The people of this Đś3 humans.
03:13Do you find a lot of people in Germany?
03:14There's a lot of people to be aware of my life.
03:16They're much of the whole world who'sst weiterhin.
03:18They are much more of the world to the country.
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