Presented by:

Swati Chaudhry
 Indian Education System
•Land of Aryabhatta, counted as best in
the world.

•Establishment of IITs in late 1950s.

•Follows a smooth hierarchy.

•17,000 degree colleges affiliated to

230 universities by 2005.
 What is Brain Drain??

The migration of educated or

talented people from less
economically advanced areas
to more economically
advanced areas, especially to
large cities or richer countries.
 Getting there!!
• Total IIT aspirants- 2,50,000
Selected- 3,000

• Cut-throat competition, sky-

rocketing percentiles.

• Mushrooming of coaching centers.

• Exceeding parents’ expectations.

Some facts..

 India loses $ 2 billion per year because of emigration of

Computer experts to U.S. (UNDP report 2001)

 In 1993, 84% computer graduates headed for jobs in the

U.S.

 According to IIT profs. about 25-30% graduates leave

India.

 IIM pass-outs get handsome packages abroad.

 Why go abroad?
 Better Opportunities.
 Better salaries.
 Good working environment.
 Better lifestyle.
 Developed country name to
flaunt.
 Arun sarin
Indra Nooyi,
IIT Kharagpur,
IIM Calcutta,
CEO, Vodafone, UK
CEO, Pepsico,
USA

Rajat Gupta,
Vinod Khosla, IIT Delhi,
IIT Delhi, Special Advisor,
Sun Microsystems, UN
US
 Our loss, their gain!!
• Business Week called IIT graduates as “One of
the hottest exports India has ever exported”.

• The U.S Congress praised the work done by

IITians in all walks of life in USA.
When beggars extend their bowl they
don't feel shy,

But the pleasures of independence

they never enjoy;

They degrade themselves for a square

meal,

Physically they live but morally they

die;

True spirits of life are in self-reliance,

Because remedies in ourselves often
do lie….