Brain Drain in India

Indian Students Abroad: A recent report estimates that about 8 lakh students travel abroad for higher education every year.

Impact on Economy: These students spend $28 billion or 1 per cent of India’s GDP. Of this, about $6 billion are fees (i.e., about Rs 45,000 crore) that go to foreign universities.

Bright Students and Indian Mind: More than half of the first rankers in Class 10 and Class 12 examinations during 1996-2015 had migrated and were studying or employed overseas, mostly in the US.

  • World's largest corporations like Alphabet, Mastercard, Microsoft, etc. are being led by Indian CEOs.

Indian Entrepreneurs who left India: ....

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