The emigration of highly trained or qualified people from a particular country is known as human capital flight technically, and colloquially as Brain Drain.
Geographic brain drain occurs when talented professionals fly abroad. Organizational brain drain involves employees moving out of a company, often because of lack of opportunity within the company. Industrial brain drain happens when skilled workers exit an entire industry. India continued its trend of being the top country for the birth of emigrant scientists and engineers, with 9,50,000 out of Asia’s total 2.96 million. India’s 2013 data represented an 85% increase in brain drain from 2003. When these people leave, their places of origin are harmed in two ways. First, expertise is lost with each emigrant, diminishing the supply of that profession. Second, their departure often reduces consumer spending in that country which affects the economy adversely.
The growing unemployment and the increasing population discourage people to work here. Another reason can be the reservations in jobs and educational institutions due to which the people who are not eligible to receive such benefit prefer to work abroad as it is difficult for them to find jobs in home country. In other nations people enjoy better standards of living, this attracts people. Sometimes people are not able to find the right platform to showcase their talents thereby making a decision to search for work abroad. Many students also prefer to pursue their higher education abroad and then work there as they get better employment opportunities. One more reason could be the quality of education offered there which helps them to gain practical knowledge.
The foremost thing will be to value the human resource which is available in India to a great proportion. The government should improve the quality of education and should refine the reservation system so that people prefer to work for their own country. Increasing employment and also the standard of living will encourage the youth to participate in nation building. The government should also ensure proper implementation of skill development programmes. If Brain drain continues to happen at this rate, then there will be a time when the most valuable human resource will not be available. The government should focus on this important issue because if talented people leave, India’s development process slows down. It is high time that the nation builders put their best foot forward and ensure that our nation attains the glorious path of prosperity and development.
Rochelle Rayan
Beyond Assumptions 