Thursday, October 11, 2007
BACK TO BANGALORE AND THE REVERSE BRAIN DRAIN!!
In a 2005 article , written by Tim Sullivan for the associated press entitled "The Road to Bangalore", it is explained that natives of Bangalore who are knowledgeable in the tech field are going back to their own country. Why you might ask? Because today , for those in the middle class, living in Bangalore can be just like living in the United States. The technological boom in Bangalore has sparked much change for the better. In the case of those citizens returning to India this means making Bangalore more like the United States.
In his article Sullivan says, "In a nation where success used to be defined by how quickly a university graduate could snare a British or American passport and where up-and-coming doctors, bankers and software engineers often did all they could to get somewhere else, India's best and brightest are coming home."
He also mentions that the economy is growing at a pace of over 7% a year. That number is astronomically fast and this is whats causing people to go back to Bangalore.
"From September 2001 to March 2005, about 30,000 Indian information technology professionals returned from overseas, according to a study by the country's main software trade group, the National Association of Service and Software Cos. (NASSCOM). The Indian press call it the "reverse brain drain."
I think that this is smart on the part of companies back m in India , they are outsourcing the very brains that we stole from them in the first place. By making Bangalore and other such nations like the United States it makes it less desirable for these tech wizards to leave their families behind for a whole new country. Instead of them going to America to work for luxuries that living in America affords you they can do it from India. Their own nation prospers and everyone involved is happy,except maybe the American companies that desire these wizards!
In his article Sullivan says, "In a nation where success used to be defined by how quickly a university graduate could snare a British or American passport and where up-and-coming doctors, bankers and software engineers often did all they could to get somewhere else, India's best and brightest are coming home."
He also mentions that the economy is growing at a pace of over 7% a year. That number is astronomically fast and this is whats causing people to go back to Bangalore.
"From September 2001 to March 2005, about 30,000 Indian information technology professionals returned from overseas, according to a study by the country's main software trade group, the National Association of Service and Software Cos. (NASSCOM). The Indian press call it the "reverse brain drain."
I think that this is smart on the part of companies back m in India , they are outsourcing the very brains that we stole from them in the first place. By making Bangalore and other such nations like the United States it makes it less desirable for these tech wizards to leave their families behind for a whole new country. Instead of them going to America to work for luxuries that living in America affords you they can do it from India. Their own nation prospers and everyone involved is happy,except maybe the American companies that desire these wizards!
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You missed something: The American companies will still employ these wizards--just in Bangalore, not California.
The brain drain once worked in our favor, sucking smart people out of the developing world and into our innovative world of prosperity. That worked for these talented immigrants and it certainly worked for our economy.
Now, as the global marketplace becomes more competitive, we will also be competing for the talented elite that will develop the next generation of innovations
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The brain drain once worked in our favor, sucking smart people out of the developing world and into our innovative world of prosperity. That worked for these talented immigrants and it certainly worked for our economy.
Now, as the global marketplace becomes more competitive, we will also be competing for the talented elite that will develop the next generation of innovations
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