President Trump with his MAWA has unwittingly provided us this opportunity. Will PM Modi grasp this and leave a legacy of an ushered in scientific and technological revolution in India, asks Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Modi congratulated the Indian Americans.
NRI achieves feel that with globalisation, more and more bright young Indians will opt to stay back in India to further their academic dreams.
Vacancies in countries like India will be filled not only by returning Indians, but also by Americans and Europeans.
India is in the cusp of a reverse brain drain as the country's great minds are flocking back to the resilient economy that has withstood the global meltdown, Salman Khurshid, minister of state for corporate and minority affairs, has said.
Dr Singh said many bright young Indian scientists working abroad in advanced fields of research wish to come home for varying periods of time and "we must fully exploit the potential of this reverse brain drain."
'Indian government is very keen to attract talent back, particularly for all the new institutions that it is building in the field of higher education.'
The migration of domestically developed intellectual property to foreign corporations within India reflects an anomaly in the demand pattern of the country's job market, points out Kanika Datta.
A million applicants are in queue for 1,20,000 visas.
President Kalam has said that developing R&D facilities is the answer to brain drain.
Chief Controller (R&D) Dr W Selvamurthy told reporters in Bangalore that about 10 people from the US have been joining DRDO each year and the trend is growing.
2010 saw as many as 60,000 Indian professionals returning to India from the US.
Enabling labour to become more globally mobile can produce higher remittances with powerful 'brain gain' dividends.
There are now 3.247 million British-born people living abroad, of whom more than 1.1 million are highly-skilled university graduates, according to an international authoritative study by the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development. The study, however, did not go into the reasons behind the exodus.
"For my government, engagement with the India community abroad has been a key priority," he said.
Indian start-ups and software product companies are trying to attract engineers and programmers who are either stranded in India because of the lockdown or H-1B visa holders who have been laid off.
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The Ministry of Science and Technology has approached about a dozen well-known scientists from across the world in an effort to bring them back to various departments under the ministry, said Jitendra Singh, minister of state (independent charge) for science and technology.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discusses India's foreign policy challenges in a multipolar world, emphasizing the need for nimbleness and prioritizing national interests.
If the Indian government is indeed serious about reversing brain drain, it needs to put much more emphasis on research and innovation, especially in areas that will determine the future, asserts Prosenjit Datta.
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'Our problem is not a budget deficit but a trust deficit. We need to trust our institutions and industries to innovate and lead. That is the way forward for India.'
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Oil and Natural Gas Corp, India's largest oil producer, has lost nearly 900 of its skilled experts in the last one year to its competitors, who offered 4-5 times more salary than the state-owned firm.
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'Our vision is to innovate as many products as we can and solve as many problems as possible.'
LinkedIn experts and real-life stories offer hope that Indian tech talent can still thrive globally, even as the $100,000 H1B fee reshapes onsite opportunities.
Thousands of people face the prospect of losing their jobs due to the current credit crunch and a downturn in the British economy. A steep rise in the cost of living in recent months has further prompted professionals to look beyond borders. Fresh MBA graduates from the University of Oxford's Said Business School have taken the initiative to organise a recruitment fair in Mumbai on July 30 and 31. They have already received an enthusiastic response from potential recruiters.
Asian Development Bank on Monday warned that job reservation in private sector could lead to swift flight of skilled labour from India.
'One is not advocating that you have to necessarily come back to the country to repay what it has done for you. But give your country a thought.' Ashutosh Gowariker discusses Swades.
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'The fiscal situation is extremely vulnerable. It has never been so bad in Kerala's history.'
Productivity isn't always about doing more. It's about doing what matters, with enough room to breathe, says Adarsh Rai, an emotional intelligence coach and founder-CEO of HR Brain HUB.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that India has overcome the problem of 'brain drain' and is drawing on the global 'brain bank' of people of Indian origin.
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