2010 Need of Indian Skilled Workers

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My name is Siddharth Barua and thanks for visiting my blog. Here iam sharing my experience about immigration and the need of Indian Skilled Workers overseas.

The highly skilled Indians have migrated to the developed countries not only through the «employment gate»; another stream of skilled migration has been taking place through the «academic gate» as growing pools of revolving students formed a distinct set of actor amongst the Indian migrants – . Data collated by the US Institute of International Education’s Open Doors 2005 survey revealed that in 2004–05 India retained its No. 1 position in the US university enrolments (followed by China, Korea, Japan, Canada, and Taiwan) for the fourth year in a row. In 2005–06, the numbers of applications from Indian students have been reported to have registered a 23 per cent increase over the previous year, the highest amongst all countries . To serve the dual purpose of sustaining an expensive higher education system, and meeting short–term labour shortages, both the UK and the US, with other developed countries following suit, have adopted a policy of allowing foreign students in their universities respectively, to stay on and work, rather than return to their countries of origin on completion of their degrees . In addition, the destination countries gain political mileage in the form of a bonus: The foreign students become their long–term ambassadors in the international political arena. India has thus become a «must destination for internationally renowned educational institutions shop



The growing competition among countries like the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Singapore, as well as non–English speaking countries like France, Germany, and the Netherlands, has brought even the Ivy League institutions to India, and to other South Asian countries, to look for the cream of students



The Socio–economic and political profile of the skilled Indian diaspora in the developed countries reflects the empowerment of the Indian migrants in the developed countries over time. Within the European Union (EU) – the largest economic entity in the world today – two–thirds of the entire Indian migrant community still resides in the UK. The Indian community is one of the highest–earning and best–educated groups, achieving eminence in business, information technology, the health sector, media, cuisine, and entertainment industries. In Canada, with just 3 per cent share in a population of 30 million, Indo–Canadians have recorded high achievements in the fields of medicine, academia, management, and engineering. The Indian immigrants’ average annual income in Canada is nearly 20 per cent higher than the national average, and their educational levels are higher too. In the east, there are 30,000 Indian citizens in Australia; and New Zealand has also witnessed a rise in the entry of Indian professional immigrants, those engaged in domestic retail trade, medical, hospitality, engineering, and Information Technology sectors, and countries like Japan, Korea, and Singapore are also trying to attract Indian talent.



that the human capital content in the migration of Indians to the US has been the backbone of Indian scientific diaspora formation there. No other diaspora preceding the Indian numerical rank acquired its position predominantly because of an American demand for its labour skills, which has been the main factor for admitting the Indian skilled workers on a large scale. It is hardly surprising therefore if in terms of the place in the US economy indexed by employment, occupation, education and income of the immigrants, the Indian diaspora had continued to rank amongst the top all through the 1970s till the present. There are over 1000 US–based organizations of Indians in North America, with branches in Canada. These represent various interest groups in India, ranging from regions to states to languages, etc. Religion, caste, cultural and linguistic identities find significant space in these associations and networks. However, some professional groups are involved in grass–root development activities in India as well as in the welfare of their members abroad in the professions.


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