It’s a well-trodden path for kids of rich Indians to check within the UK. Now, a number of the colleges are coming to them, with elite institutions beginning to open franchises in India.

Last month Wellington College, a virtually 170-year-old non-public college primarily based within the English county of Berkshire, debuted a campus in Pune, close to Mumbai. Harrow School — which traces its historical past again to a 1572 constitution from Queen Elizabeth I and outfits its college students in distinctive straw hats — established its Bangalore affiliate in August.