Why Indian Grads with Foreign Degrees are Returning Home?

It is today very common to come across students who dream to go abroad for obtaining a degree but returning back to India after they complete their studies was not on their plan book, until the last few years, when the country is holding great opportunities for the youth. With a dynamic and fastest growing economy, India is now home to numerous numbers of start-ups, giving a fair chance to the unique imagination and ideas of the youth. Despite the statistics of the growing number of students heading towards their home country, there is still a percentage of students who are puzzled over questions such as - Is it worth coming back? How does one's future hold if he or she comes back to India? Likewise, there are similar questions striking in the minds of young students. Here in this article, we shall some of the factors that are worth reading, if you are contemplating on the same reason.

Reason for Choosing an Abroad Study Destination

As of 2015, according to a report, around 16 million Indians live outside the country, among which students' population forms a good percentage, making India the world's largest diaspora population. If reasons are to be considered as to why Indian students fly to a different country for pursuing their education, there are many including better infrastructure, facilities, the standard of living, quality of education, finer career prospects and financial stability. By studying abroad, Indian students also get to learn several life lessons by living on their own that too in a foreign country and interacting with multicultural people.

Perks of Settling in Home Country

An abroad education is and will be always desirable among Indian students. But what is bringing back primarily is the urge of wanting to be stay attached to their roots. Who doesn't wants to live amidst their country fellow?  Almost every Indian at some point of time aspires to leave the foreign country and return back where they were born and brought up. Earlier owing to greater opportunity in abroad, people were hooked to those countries. Now the scenario is changing in a fast pace, allowing the Indians to come back to their country and give a start to their career in their desired companies as today the country is housing a good number MNCs and have plans to get beatified with more in coming years.

Growing Opportunities

 India is now considered as the hub of start-ups. The Government of India's flagship initiative- Start-up India is fuelling the entrepreneurial dreams of the millennial. There are many government and private-led incubation centers as well which are taking the onus to support the wannabe entrepreneur by giving them a platform where they can be guided by industry giants and also gain investments for their start-ups. These environments that are getting prominent in the country, is attracting a large population of Indian students to come back to their country and implement their knowledge and ideas in the form of initiating start-ups.

The easy official works attached with opening a new organization that the Indian citizens are bound to get compared to the tough formalities that are there for foreigners in abroad also stands as a deciding factor for the Indian students. Moreover, in some cases, many of these students have their own family businesses back home, which they want to come back and support

Intensifying Preference for a Global Degree

Considering that the education in developed countries is more research-oriented, self-study-based and involves rigorous training, Indian corporations value foreign degree much. The Indian job market has become quite welcoming towards the student who completes their studies abroad and desires to flourish the Indian job market. The Indians grads coming from an abroad institution surely gets an edge over other candidates, given their depth of knowledge and hands-on experience at a global level. If looked precisely, most of the highest position of top-notch companies today are handled by professionals who have completed one or other degree abroad. Apparently, candidates with a global degree are more likely to instilled with essential skills such as – team spirit, co-working capacities, leadership, interpersonal communication and many more.

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