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Brain drain may be defined as emigration, from developing countries to developed ones, by highly qualified professionals.

Highly educated professional people immigrate to other advanced countries for better opportunities and a comfortable life style. The lack of opportunities, facilities and resources hinders one's talent and full potential of the talent can't be harnessed. Harnessing that talent, creativity and skill to its fullest potential will benefit the mankind as a whole. More Indians around the globe implies more cultural and social penetration of Indians. Even we celebrate Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community towards the development of India.

Moreover, if there are more Indians in a country, the country is more obliged to increase its business with the motherland which in turn benefits the nation. Apart from this, the remittances or the factor income from abroad enables us to build foreign exchange reserves.

It helps improve the education and infrastructure in the native country, which in turn develops country further, because the native country realizes the value of well educated people. In India, it helped spur the growth of software education. Also the people who emigrate can bring the best-in-class technological and management practices and facilities back to their motherland.

Look it can't be ignored that India needs development and the onus lies on these highly educated professional people. I agree national resources have been spent on them. But in later part of their careers, administrative roadblocks and lack of opportunities discourages them to stay in India. I mean, if we can try to retain the best pool of talent by giving them proper incentives and opportunities, why would they go?

On an optimistic note, the work has started in this respect with programs like Make in India, Startup India and Skill India which will create the required infrastructure, provide employment and impart the required skill and training to the youth. Look, India today has the youngest population. This means a large and cheap labour supply. To harness this demographic dividend amidst existing level of development we need to set our priorities correct i.e. to to allow emigration but at a level that should meet the developmental needs of the country.