From: Erugios | #003
What about India? They're technically "Asian", but they're not included either, yet they meet both your criteria. They have over 1 billion people and their students tend to emphasis various engineering fields. They share similar cuisine to a degree with other Asian cultures as well.
And yet they tend not to be discussed when people discuss Asians either.
Why would Indians want to be associated with "Asians"? They are popular enough on their own.