New York:
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar today to discuss the Tr-Valley University issue.
The meeting comes after Clinton asked Shankar earlier to provide her with all details on the plight of the Indian students enrolled at what was dubbed a "sham university".
The Secretary of State had, earlier on Sunday, promised to help Indian students in a telephonic conversation with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna.
She had assured of all help and agreed to intervene and sort out the matter.
During their conversation, Krishna stressed upon her to find a humanitarian and rapid solution as many students had come on a legal visa and for no fault of theirs, stand to lose out academically and financially.
Krishna also asked Clinton to give students some time to shift to some other university.
The California-based university was shut down on charges of a massive visa fraud.
According to a federal complaint filed in a California court in January, the university helped foreign nationals illegally acquire immigration status. The university is said to have 1,555 students. As many as 95 per cent of these students are Indian nationals, the complaint said.
According to available information, 18 students of the university were radio-tagged by the ICE as part of their investigation. The radio-tagging had miffed the Indian government and New Delhi had expressed its strong displeasure at the treatment meted out to the students.
The tags were removed just ahead of Krishna's arrival in the US.