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The Great Indian Brain Drain: Time To Be Concerned?

August is just around the corner and many students are gearing up to go to foreign universities. While this isn't a new trend, of late there has been a post-pandemic uptick in students wishing to go overseas to pursue higher education. Many of these students come from Tier 1 or 2 cities, but recently, even students from rural areas, markedly Punjab and Haryana, are desperate to head abroad. On We The People, we ask what is driving this move? And can the so-called brain drain be reversed?