I was just going through my
facebook wall and I came across an image shared by my friend. The image was,
Barack Obama laughing and a caption was inserted over the image as - “Come on
India! Increase your reservation & quotas. Your drain, our gain!”
Well, though, the image was meant
for fun, but was speaking of the truth and suggesting a wake up call… It’s a
time to reality check!!!
In the recent years, the cut-offs
for admissions became close to 100% in the best Indian universities. While the
institutes are in the race of getting the best students in the country, the
ambitious youth who fail to meet the “irrational” demands had to compromise on
their dream of occupying a seat in any of the prestigious Indian universities.
This leads them to explore the scope of higher education abroad.
A recent study conducted by
Indian Institute of Management- Bangalore (IIM-B) shows that the students going
for higher studies abroad has increased by 256% in the last 10 years. When
53,000 Indian students went abroad for higher studies in 2000, the figure shot
up to 1.9 lakh in 2010.
The increasing trend of brain
drain of the skilled workers finally persuaded the government to take action.
After witnessing a huge brain drain of doctors (among the 3,000 medical
students went abroad in last three years, none returned), the health ministry
has suspended issuing “no obligation to return certificates” to the medical
students going abroad for higher studies.
Nowadays, the medical students
going to the US for higher studies will have to sign a bond with the
government, promising to return to India after completing his / her studies. If
the student doesn’t fulfill the bond obligation, the ministry can write to the
US and the permission for the student to practice in the country will be
denied.
With better economic policies, with
better facilities by industries and government promoting entrepreneurship, research
friendly atmosphere, Industry – academy collaborations and the human capital to
execute them, there is still hope for India. If proper measures are taken at a
pacer rate, India can be saved!!!
- Prateek Aloni
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