Indian Science Must Attract more International Students – Opportunities for our Academics

Globalization of economy has had an indirect impact on the mobility of students across the world. Today over 4 million students are studying outside their home countries and will soon join the global workforce. India, with its 200,000 students studying abroad contributes just about 5% to this potential global workforce which consists of Chinese, Southeast Asians, Africans and students from the Middle East. Indian students have a tough competition in the global employment market, unless we locally start producing graduates who have a direct or indirect exposure to the professional global employment needs.