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The migration of the country's brightest minds is at odds with its ambition to become a developed nation by 2047
Losing Our Minds
Losing Our Minds
01-march-2025
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The migration of the country's brightest minds is at odds with its ambition to become a developed nation by 2047
OB Cover StoryOur brightest scientists, engineers and researchers are settling abroad. For the country to be a tech powerhouse, this steady outflow of talent has to be checked. Can India do it?
Kiran Narahari went to the US from India for a higher quality of education. He felt most AI innovation was happening outside India
Raviteja Anantha moved to the US in 2015. He says at the time he left, the AI research ecosystem in India was in its infancy
Bhaduri, who has been living in the US since 1992, says he thinks the gap in the quality of life between India and America has shrunk
Dasgupta left India in 1985 and moved to the US to pursue an undergraduate degree that allowed her to major in biochemistry and minor in English literature
Ashish moved to the US in 2021 to pursue his PhD in AI and machine learning
Pushkar Singh moved to the US in 2017 attracted by the countries research potential in cutting-edge AI technologies
The Centre hopes that its consumption boost in the form of lower income tax will make India Inc loosen its purse strings
Finance and revenue secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey explains why broadening the tax base is important. Edited excerpts
Union expenditure secretary Manoj Govil speaks to Parth Singh about the modest capex increase in this year’s Budget and the role private players now must play. Edited excerpts
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs chair Sanjay Kumar Agarwal talks about the effects of the customs rate rationalisation in the Union Budget. Edited excerpts
M Nagaraju, secretary, Department of Financial Services talks about how the income-tax relief will set off a virtuous cycle. Edited excerpts
But the question is, will the Budget make people consume more and revive the economy?
The formulation of linking fiscal deficit reduction to 3% of GDP even by 2030–31 is based on assumptions and uncertainties
Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran explains why Indians leaving the country to work abroad should not be seen as a brain drain. Edited excerpts
Contributions to string theory by Indian researchers working in India are second only to those of string theorists working in the US
Surjit Bhalla, economist and former executive director at IMF for India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, explains why many Indians are choosing to migrate. Edited excerpts
Major players in the industry are sharpening their competitive edge to take each other on in a contest that will shape the electric car market in the country
Mohan Charan Majhi, chief minister of Odisha, says on the sidelines of the Utkarsh Odisha–Make in Odisha Conclave in Bhubaneswar, that his government has delivered its promises in seven months of coming to power. Edited excerpts
The Bhubaneswar-based start-up is using a mix of specialised models and advanced sensor technology to provide hyperlocal air-quality insights
Companies are prioritising both infrastructure improvements and tweaking policy to attract more women to the factory floor
Women’s role in new technology goes beyond participation—they bring the emotional intelligence needed to shape more human-centric large language models
Women are subjected to gender stereotyping early on and identity typically moulded into the roles of homemakers and caregivers
Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairperson at Salesforce, India and former chairperson, SBI, says in an email interview that it is essential to challenge traditional gender roles. Edited excerpts
A lack of flexibility in the workplace and entrenched gender norms are stopping women from thriving in the workplace, despite legal provisions for greater female participation
Chupke Chupke and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge are his top two in Indian cinema
The prime minister wrapped up a two-nation visit and the decades-old income-tax law saw an overhaul
The migration of the country's brightest minds is at odds with its ambition to become a developed nation by 2047
Our brightest scientists, engineers and researchers are settling abroad. For the country to be a tech powerhouse, this steady outflow of talent has to be checked. Can India do it?
Kiran Narahari went to the US from India for a higher quality of education. He felt most AI innovation was happening outside India
Raviteja Anantha moved to the US in 2015. He says at the time he left, the AI research ecosystem in India was in its infancy
Bhaduri, who has been living in the US since 1992, says he thinks the gap in the quality of life between India and America has shrunk
Dasgupta left India in 1985 and moved to the US to pursue an undergraduate degree that allowed her to major in biochemistry and minor in English literature
Ashish moved to the US in 2021 to pursue his PhD in AI and machine learning
Pushkar Singh moved to the US in 2017 attracted by the countries research potential in cutting-edge AI technologies
The Centre hopes that its consumption boost in the form of lower income tax will make India Inc loosen its purse strings
Finance and revenue secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey explains why broadening the tax base is important. Edited excerpts
Union expenditure secretary Manoj Govil speaks to Parth Singh about the modest capex increase in this year’s Budget and the role private players now must play. Edited excerpts
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs chair Sanjay Kumar Agarwal talks about the effects of the customs rate rationalisation in the Union Budget. Edited excerpts
M Nagaraju, secretary, Department of Financial Services talks about how the income-tax relief will set off a virtuous cycle. Edited excerpts
But the question is, will the Budget make people consume more and revive the economy?
The formulation of linking fiscal deficit reduction to 3% of GDP even by 2030–31 is based on assumptions and uncertainties
Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran explains why Indians leaving the country to work abroad should not be seen as a brain drain. Edited excerpts
Contributions to string theory by Indian researchers working in India are second only to those of string theorists working in the US
Surjit Bhalla, economist and former executive director at IMF for India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, explains why many Indians are choosing to migrate. Edited excerpts
Major players in the industry are sharpening their competitive edge to take each other on in a contest that will shape the electric car market in the country
Mohan Charan Majhi, chief minister of Odisha, says on the sidelines of the Utkarsh Odisha–Make in Odisha Conclave in Bhubaneswar, that his government has delivered its promises in seven months of coming to power. Edited excerpts
The Bhubaneswar-based start-up is using a mix of specialised models and advanced sensor technology to provide hyperlocal air-quality insights
Companies are prioritising both infrastructure improvements and tweaking policy to attract more women to the factory floor
Women’s role in new technology goes beyond participation—they bring the emotional intelligence needed to shape more human-centric large language models
Women are subjected to gender stereotyping early on and identity typically moulded into the roles of homemakers and caregivers
Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairperson at Salesforce, India and former chairperson, SBI, says in an email interview that it is essential to challenge traditional gender roles. Edited excerpts
A lack of flexibility in the workplace and entrenched gender norms are stopping women from thriving in the workplace, despite legal provisions for greater female participation
Chupke Chupke and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge are his top two in Indian cinema
The prime minister wrapped up a two-nation visit and the decades-old income-tax law saw an overhaul
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