Hundreds of thousands of our qualified youngsters take off from different international airports every year for higher studies or highly lucrative jobs in the US, the UK, Germany, France and Australia. And most of these Indians prefer to settle down abroad, attracted by the facilities and the higher quality of life provided by these countries. We have been crying hoarse about the Brain Drain from India over the last five decades but, without going in for a well-set blueprint to check this counter-productive phenomenon. Some of the public schools, our IITs, IIMs and the medical colleges are providing world class education. One might wonder that having spent a lot on infrastructure, training and other facilities and the best teaching staff, can the Government and the people of India look away as the talent, assiduously nurtured in India, is utilised by other countries for their development and excellence in varied fields?
Critics ask that when other developed countries provide higher facilities, pay packages and perks, how can you dissuade our youngsters from going abroad? What has been our loss has been the gain of the countries where our youth has migrated. Examples of Kalpana Chawla, the 1st Indian-American woman astronaut in space, Nobel laureates in Physics and Medicine namely Dr. S Chandra Shekhar and Dr. Hargobind Khurana respectively are evident in this case.
During this decades - long debate on Brain Drain, it has been stated that our youngsters leave India because excellence is neither recognised nor rewarded in India. But this is only partly true now, as things have changed today and talented people can reach the highest position possible, provided they are prepared to work hard.
Youngsters from India-whatever be the field they are working in-are today suitably recognised as well as rewarded. Take the field of sports where many of the celebrities are household names - Sania Mirza, Sachin Tendulkar, Saina Nehwal, Abhinav Bindra and several others. India proudly sits on position one in milk production in the world. Thanks to Dr. Varghese Kurien, the father of White Revolution.
A top engineer who completed the Konkan Railway in record time, Mr. E Sreedharan has built up the world class Delhi Metro. Take the story of the Ambani brothers, the Tatas, the Mittals and others who have left their footprints in different continents.
The IITs and IIMs have earned a place of pride in our specialised learning system. With state of the art speciality hospitals emerging in different parts of India, patients from abroad find that complicated surgeries could be conducted in India at a relatively lower cost. If doctors and specialists find the going good in their own country, why would they go abroad? When India can stand good in comparison with the other developed countries in all the varied fields, the youth in India would eventually find that working in their own country is more rewarding than working elsewhere in the world. And even if they go abroad to better their specialisation, I believe, that they would want to return home and pursue a life of their own choice, without surrendering the traditional family ties and the nourishing Indian values.
After all, a home is a home and not all the wealth in this world can buy the happiness that your home and country can give.
Critics ask that when other developed countries provide higher facilities, pay packages and perks, how can you dissuade our youngsters from going abroad? What has been our loss has been the gain of the countries where our youth has migrated. Examples of Kalpana Chawla, the 1st Indian-American woman astronaut in space, Nobel laureates in Physics and Medicine namely Dr. S Chandra Shekhar and Dr. Hargobind Khurana respectively are evident in this case.
During this decades - long debate on Brain Drain, it has been stated that our youngsters leave India because excellence is neither recognised nor rewarded in India. But this is only partly true now, as things have changed today and talented people can reach the highest position possible, provided they are prepared to work hard.
Youngsters from India-whatever be the field they are working in-are today suitably recognised as well as rewarded. Take the field of sports where many of the celebrities are household names - Sania Mirza, Sachin Tendulkar, Saina Nehwal, Abhinav Bindra and several others. India proudly sits on position one in milk production in the world. Thanks to Dr. Varghese Kurien, the father of White Revolution.
A top engineer who completed the Konkan Railway in record time, Mr. E Sreedharan has built up the world class Delhi Metro. Take the story of the Ambani brothers, the Tatas, the Mittals and others who have left their footprints in different continents.
The IITs and IIMs have earned a place of pride in our specialised learning system. With state of the art speciality hospitals emerging in different parts of India, patients from abroad find that complicated surgeries could be conducted in India at a relatively lower cost. If doctors and specialists find the going good in their own country, why would they go abroad? When India can stand good in comparison with the other developed countries in all the varied fields, the youth in India would eventually find that working in their own country is more rewarding than working elsewhere in the world. And even if they go abroad to better their specialisation, I believe, that they would want to return home and pursue a life of their own choice, without surrendering the traditional family ties and the nourishing Indian values.
After all, a home is a home and not all the wealth in this world can buy the happiness that your home and country can give.
Priyanka Singh
Batch 2006
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