Not long before, it was feared that brain drain would result in a multi-folded loss of quality human capital to our country. The pace at which young Indian minds were being auctioned to the world was worrying the intelligentsia of the country. The ignited brain after years of value addition in our country was working for the benefit of another, it was foreseen that we would live in an era of no-return from the educational skills imparted all through the student life of our countrymen. The cream of the crowd was picked, by international entrepreneurs to back them with the human resource for a bright future, in lieu of massive financial remunerations.
A lot has changed with time, travelling across the globe to get equipped with the best know-how techniques has become the easiest way to do so. The brilliant brains which were transported across the sea have been replaced with the incapable and non competent ones. With fierce competition levels in our country and the ratio, of the lads seeking education to the seats available at moderately rated institutions being inanely high, a big chunk of the youth is seeking easy alternatives, studying abroad being the most sensible of them all, if one has the financial maturity to do so. From leaving the shore with the intention of gaining financial happiness to only the financially happy going, things have taken a definite turn.
A lot has changed with time, travelling across the globe to get equipped with the best know-how techniques has become the easiest way to do so. The brilliant brains which were transported across the sea have been replaced with the incapable and non competent ones. With fierce competition levels in our country and the ratio, of the lads seeking education to the seats available at moderately rated institutions being inanely high, a big chunk of the youth is seeking easy alternatives, studying abroad being the most sensible of them all, if one has the financial maturity to do so. From leaving the shore with the intention of gaining financial happiness to only the financially happy going, things have taken a definite turn.
Today, majority of the students venturing outside the country for higher education have no clue even as to the curriculum of the course. If one has the money to invest and not think about the kind of returns it would fetch, the preposition of getting a degree on ones resume sounds quite enterprising.
P.S. My friend, who is to go to the States to study soon, differs to agree with the generalisation and argues that there are people who do complete research before going. I totally agree, there always lies a space for the minuscule percentage who do differently, EXCEPTIONS..!!
3 comments:
BRAIN DRAIN
There is nothing that has drained out of the Indian economy which cannot be blamed on the Indian government...
Education outside is subsidized and funded by the Indian government by way of scholarships, in a hope of obtaining an exponential formation useful when they return.
But on the other hand what the Indian government lacks in is providing resources to allow a return after few years abroad and economic forces interested in financing the development of new competitive jobs.
EASY GAIN
If this is the case for some, I don’t see anything wrong in it. Some people choose to work hard the others choose to work smart.
Comment on your article:
I like the clarity of opinion you have shown in this article. Both the parts have been stated quite clearly. Good Job mate.
Comment on the Issue :
I don't think that the quality of people that you have referred to in the second part "Easy Gain" could really be termed as Drain of brain at all. You have stated "The brilliant brains which were transported across the sea have been replaced with the incapable and non competent ones.". However, I think that you have painted just half of the picture here. Even today the number of pupil taking up foreign jobs from Grade 'A' universities is almost same or even higher than before (thanks to our ever-increasing population). The people you are referring to here are the ones who are going to Grade 'C' universities in countries like Australia, U.K. and in some parts of the U.S. And they don't have the brains to think a simple logic that the level of colleges (Grade 'C' in terms of job opportunities and Course content) they are going to are available in their own country at a much lower cost. And as far as Job opportunities are concerned, the monetary value of Indian Jobs is not too bad as well and holds the promise to improve further. Hence, I dont think its any ones' Easy Gain. Its the fool's gold.....its shiny, but only from a distance.
On the Contrary, it is flushing the money out of our country to countries like Australia (which is 66% Desert) which are trying to keep pace with the Indian Sub-Continent and 'trying to make an Oasis out of their barren land'.
So think again before you say its an easy gain.
its an open economy. you have to live by it. and you have to die by it. whether you like it or not.
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