No brain-drain of scientists; many want to return: Government in Lok Sabha

[V.Balasubramani]

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No brain-drain of scientists; many want to return: Government in Lok Sabha

Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said the grants for research institutions and laboratories have been increased in the recent years.
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NEW DELHI: Rejecting concerns about brain-drain and growing attrition of scientists from research institutions in the country, government today informed Lok Sabha that hundreds of them working abroad want to come back.

Asserting that the government is making efforts to encourage scientists, Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said the grants for research institutions and laboratories have been increased in the recent years.

During Question Hour, he said that more t ..


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[sangom]

No brain-drain of scientists; many want to return: Government in Lok Sabha

Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said the grants for research institutions and laboratories have been increased in the recent years.
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NEW DELHI: Rejecting concerns about brain-drain and growing attrition of scientists from research institutions in the country, government today informed Lok Sabha that hundreds of them working abroad want to come back.

Asserting that the government is making efforts to encourage scientists, Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said the grants for research institutions and laboratories have been increased in the recent years.

During Question Hour, he said that more t ..


Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

The minister's reply is classic concealing of truth by wordplay! This is typical of most answers in Parlament. See the examples.

1. ...hundreds of them working abroad want to come back. ... 600 scientists working abroad had applied for various fellowships in the country... (This means that these 600 people are coming only for the sake of the fellowships and may return as and when they get a better offer from abroad, unless there are restrictive conditions attached to the Indian Fellowships!)

2. Asked whether attrition rate of scientists from research institutions/labs was quite high...the attrition rate was less than two percent the Minister said that those who had left had some personal or family reasons, among others.(Will anyone say that he/she is quitting because of dissatisfaction?)

3. However, he conceded that "remuneration, perks and other facilities provided to scientists working in India are not comparable with those working abroad...(This is the truth and the cat is out of the bag!)
hundreds of them working abroad want to come back.

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[krish44]

The large amount of reverse flow that is taking place is making it difficult for doctorates from abroad to find jobs in india.

If anyone is in late thirties or early forties, no one wants them .

I know one around 45 years a brahmin doctorate who had been employed in good univ and research jobs abroad not able to get a placement for past one year.

All want youngsters not over 35 years,

There is no issue of facilities or anything.

It is a closed circle even in scientific community. Only those have contacts and network well can get oppurtunities. Others cannot get into these circles just like that.

One requires maman ,machan everywhere to get anything

 

[V.Balasubramani]

[h=1]The reverse brain drain: why NRIs are returning to India[/h]
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I am a citizen of three countries, have lived in four countries and eight homes, and can speak four languages semi fluently. I was born in India, spent five years in one country, 12 years in Canada and the USA, and finally made the move to India in 2008, where I have lived the large part over the past five years and can firmly call "home".

An identity crisis? You can say that again.

This week, I am in the United States visiting my parents, who ironically, left India 30 years ago and went West, seeking greener pastures and possibly a better education for their children. Yesterday, as I was dropping off some dry cleaning clothes, the Chinese-American lady at the counter asked me, point blank, in her broken English: "Why did you move to India if your parents left India?"

I did not have an answer, because explaining would have turned into a 10-minute ramble that I am not sure she would have appreciated since there were customers in line.

Like me, there are many NRIs or children of NRIs who are returning to India and claiming permanent citizenship in India. We Indians like to criticize our country, but it is only when you leave your country and experience living "abroad" that you realize the true beauty of India.

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Another startling reason as to why NRIs are returning to India is because they are unable to get their spouses, parents, and relatives visas abroad. In India, NR's are welcomed warmly since it is guaranteed that they will most likely contribute towards the economy in a meaningful way.

There is also another valid reason as to why NRIs are returning to India: they are unable to start up their own ventures and businesses. Due to recent immigration rule changes, students with an F1 Visa in the US are unable to get into entrepreneurship due to laws that forbid them from working on "outside jobs". They can work as an employee (within their domain of studies) or in internships with companies in his/her field of study, but they are not allowed to be self-employed in a business venture.

An irrational fear among Westerners, mostly due to the recession, that an accelerated growth of Indians in their countries will make it more difficult to obtain jobs has also contributed towards the "reverse brain drain". Thus, NRIs are being crowded out overseas and are looking at India for better employment and economic opportunities.

Among those NRIs that are returning to India, a special mention needs to be made to scientists, who are finding that better research opportunities and passion towards doing something for their home countries is luring them back to their motherland. Around 500 scientists have come back in the last seven years - and only six have gone back.

While the vast majority of the "reverse brain drain" has happened from the U.S., Germany and Britain, scientists have also started coming from South Korea and Japan. Schemes set up by the Indian government, including the setting up of The Ramanujam Fellowship, Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Programme and the Ramalingaswamy Fellowship, are just a handful of programs that are being pushed by India to entice NRIs to return to India.

Read more at: http://profit.ndtv.com/news/your-mo...-drain-why-nris-are-returning-to-india-372361

 

[vgane]

Will a monthly fellowship of Rs 75K along with contingency grant of Rs.5 lakh per annum for consumables, equipment, international and domestic travel, manpower and other contingent expenditure be sufficient

http://indiabioscience.org/grants/grants-in-india

 

[yesmohan]

The reverse brain drain: why NRIs are returning to India


Excerpts….
...Like me, there are many NRIs or children of NRIs who are returning to India and claiming permanent citizenship in India. We Indians like to criticize our country, but it is only when you leave your country and experience living "abroad" that you realize the true beauty of India.
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This what I am trying to impress to my son and I/L ................beyond certain level, money has its own marginal utility in life; Losing most part of the life in alien climate and in pursuit of money,returning to homeland thereafter, may result in a situation.. like......with a feel of finding oneself as alien in one's own native place/ homeland.

 

[tbs]

The large amount of reverse flow that is taking place is making it difficult for doctorates from abroad to find jobs in india.

If anyone is in late thirties or early forties, no one wants them .

I know one around 45 years a brahmin doctorate who had been employed in good univ and research jobs abroad not able to get a placement for past one year.

All want youngsters not over 35 years,

There is no issue of facilities or anything.

It is a closed circle even in scientific community. Only those have contacts and network well can get oppurtunities. Others cannot get into these circles just like that.

One requires maman ,machan everywhere to get anything

hi

i fully agreed....in india ....we need 3 main things required....money power....muscle power.....maman , machan power....then

life goes very easy....

 

[sarang]

Over generalization. Not so in practice. Of course these are necessary when one wants to make a quick buck bypassing dharmic norms.

hi

i fully agreed....in india ....we need 3 main things required....money power....muscle power.....maman , machan power....then

life goes very easy....

 

[krish44]

Dharmic norms as described one member specially based on saffron inputs,lol

 

[sarang]

You need a lesson in dharma; look for it.

Dharmic norms as described one member specially based on saffron inputs,lol

 

[sarang]

Dharmic norms as described one member specially based on saffron inputs,lol

Mahakavi Bharatiyar in 1930 essay:

"வருங்காலத்தில் உலகத்துக்கு பாரத தேசம் என்ன பாடம் கற்பிக்கும்? எதனால் இந்நாடு 'லோககுரு' ஆகும்? உலகத்துக்கு நாம் கற்று கொடுக்கப் போவது கர்ம யோகம், கடமையை செய்வது, தவறாதபடி செய்து, இன்பத்தோடு இருக்க வழி எப்படி? யோகமே வழி. 'யோகமாவது செய்கைத் திறமை' என்று பகவான் கீதையில் சொல்லுகிறார் பூமண்டல்த்துகு யோகம் நாட்டுவோம்"

 

[krish44]

You need a lesson in dharma; look for it.

OK yudhishtaraji