The 25:1 problem: What India loses when students leave and don’t return
Indian students move abroad at scale because foreign systems are designed to absorb them. There is a familiar story Indians tell themselves about study abroad: the brave student, the bigger dream, the better lab, the first paycheque in dollars. It is a story with uplift built into the plot.The 2025 NITI Aayog report, Internationalisation of…