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Hello Hirak. Just a thought, but have you looked at used equipment? You could probably get a deal on a higher end body that has some mileage on it. It might allow you save a little bit of money towards a really nice lens. Bodies in the DSLR world are transient at best. They are “obsolete” within a year of release. Lenses, on the other hand, tend to hold their value for a long time. I shoot Canon and have several “L” lenses that I have bought over the years. They are holding 95% of their value. The glass with travel with you through your years of photography practice. My bodies hold nowhere near the value, having lost about 50% of their purchase price in the few years I have owned them. Something you might be able to take advantage of on your student’s budget.
Excellent suggestion by Matthew. (Phew, how could I forget that.) Since you are on a budget and learning, go for used equipment. Use it, abuse it and save for lenses. Soon you’ll be at comfort with the equipment and the science. Later you can go for what ever you’ll need at that stage.
For zoom requirements, 15x is really too much to ask for. They are just to lure the users of consumer segment cameras. You certainly can go for a 15x zoom and I mention it here so we all know that it is possible. That would be the B003 15x zoom lens by Tamron for Nikon and Canon. However you may want to reconsider why you need that level of zoom at all. The price of this lens is on the higher side of $600 for new.