Brain drain, which means that talented, skilled and highly educated people of the country leave their own country and settle in some other country has become a common thing in today's time. When a doctor, engineer, scientist or a good research expert who wants to study in his country migrates to a developed country for better salary, better facilities and more exports, then he gets the right to leave the country.
Imagine a developing country with limited resources admitting a student to a prestigious institute like AIIMS, and that student ultimately settling in a foreign country. In such a scenario, the country's expectations are then linked to that developed country. That becomes the reality and their departure not only wastes a seat but also takes away the innovation contribution and service that comes out of it and this is equivalent to a transfer loss. In developing countries like India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, this problem is even more serious because there is already a shortage of silk manpower here and the little available talent also migrates this is a leakage which if not stopped from time to time can disturb the entire graph of the country.
The biggest emotional side of brain drain is that people develop a sense of disappointment or dissatisfaction towards their own country and they feel that their talent will be wasted here. Their history will not get support here. The system here is corrupt and this thinking develops a negative mindset which with time becomes a geographical divide in which people start considering foreign countries as everything and leave their country behind and this division affects them. It also affects the people around them and when a boy goes abroad, an inspiration develops in his entire family and locality that foreign countries are the definition of success and this mindset becomes even more dangerous for the country.
When a doctor or engineer goes abroad, his personal life gets settled in the short term, but he feels the need of the country. A void is created in the infrastructure of the system and there is a shortage of doctors in villages. Scientists are not available in research labs and IT companies start feeling the lack of scale professionals this is not a short-term term but a long-term loss in which the productivity efficiency and growth of the country fall and abroad he becomes number one, but in the country, he becomes an example that another bright mind will leave the country.
The economic impact of the brain drain is also quite serious and when a skilled professional goes abroad, his income, tax and contribution go to the GDP of another country and this means that the brain of a developing nation is just generating resources for a developed nation. This is intellectual colonialism in which we are exporting our manpower to those countries which already have a head start. And the developing country invests heavily in education. But the returns from this go to someone else's economy. This is a question that is becoming more and more common. Deepening the global inequality.
It also impacts the government level and scientists or policy makers shift abroad to save their careers. The government does not give them the full benefit of their experience and planning in the training given to them and because of this they are not able to continue in the system new people have to learn from scratch again and again and this reduces the efficiency of the system and often it happens that these people go abroad, settle there and never come back, nor do they invest in the country. Neither do they share their expertise on this and some people do send it. But that too is just a financial failure. Real change comes only when people come back and uplift their country.
In the end, it is important to understand that brain drain is not just a personal choice but a national challenge and the departure of every talented person gives the country possibilities. A new idea, a new invention, a new future and the solution to this is not to stop the shift but to create such an environment in which people feel that their dreams are fulfilled here and till the country becomes a seeker, respect and growth-oriented ecosystem for its people, the brain trade will continue and if this trend continues, a day will come when the country will have only bodies but brains will be useful for someone else.
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