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Young Indian engineers leave Silicon Valley to find success back in India
http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/16/news/economy/immigration-reverse-brain-drain-india/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom
Each year, tens of thousands of Indian students head to the U.S. in order to get a college degree, find a job and pursue the American Dream.
But as India's economy booms and the U.S. continues to tighten its immigration policies, many of these young Indian professionals are making their way back home instead.
Natasha Jain, 28, is one of them.
Originally from Ambala in Northern India, she graduated with a master's degree from Stanford University in 2012, landed a good-paying job in Silicon Valley and even started her own company. But she struggled with the constraints of the U.S. visa system and eventually gave it all up.
"Within just three years of moving back [to India], I have been able to establish a tech startup and manufacturing business and create many job opportunities," said Jain. "All of this would have been harder for me to do as a foreigner living in the U.S."
India's fast-growing $2 trillion economy means there are more opportunities for Indians like Jain to find work or start their own ventures. The Indian government, too, is aggressively courting non-resident Indians with programs such as Startup India, designed to ease bureaucratic restrictions and provide funding.
But there's also an undercurrent of nervousness and anxiety that is spurring more Indian expatriates to return home as well.
Each year, tens of thousands of Indian students head to the U.S. in order to get a college degree, find a job and pursue the American Dream.
But as India's economy booms and the U.S. continues to tighten its immigration policies, many of these young Indian professionals are making their way back home instead.
Natasha Jain, 28, is one of them.
Originally from Ambala in Northern India, she graduated with a master's degree from Stanford University in 2012, landed a good-paying job in Silicon Valley and even started her own company. But she struggled with the constraints of the U.S. visa system and eventually gave it all up.
"Within just three years of moving back [to India], I have been able to establish a tech startup and manufacturing business and create many job opportunities," said Jain. "All of this would have been harder for me to do as a foreigner living in the U.S."
India's fast-growing $2 trillion economy means there are more opportunities for Indians like Jain to find work or start their own ventures. The Indian government, too, is aggressively courting non-resident Indians with programs such as Startup India, designed to ease bureaucratic restrictions and provide funding.
But there's also an undercurrent of nervousness and anxiety that is spurring more Indian expatriates to return home as well.
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