 In recent years, Indian students have started joining medical courses in the Dominican Republic and engineers and IT professionals are trickling in as major companies have set up shop on the island.There is also a small, but dominant Gujarati business community mainly engaged in the hotel and jewellery industry.On 25th January of the year 2019, the Hermanas Mirabal Province of Salcedo has proclaimed a day honouring the Indian population in the Province.