
05/07/2025
Now its time to Rethink
ЁЯзРIITs are burning midnight oil, day and night,
But not for India.
With our tax money,
They're building the American empire.
Before 1947, we served the East India Company.
Now, we bow to the West Coast Company.
The Government spends over тВ╣10тАУ15 lakh per student during a 4-year IIT BTech prog.
Total IIT budget for FY 2024тАУ25?
тВ╣9,660 crore.
Students pay just a fraction.
Many pay nothing thanks to scholarships.
Who pays the rest?
You do.
Now comes the betrayal.
Over 30% of IIT graduates migrate abroad.
30% of top 100 JEE rankers settle in
the US or Europe.
65% of those who stay work for foreign MNCs:
Google, Amazon, Microsoft, McKinsey etc.
And,
Less than 2тАУ5% join DRDO, ISRO, or BARC.
Nation-building?
Who cares.
The IIT dream is now a pipeline for global cheap labor export.
And yet... every Republic Day,
We chest-thump about IITs, IIMs like they're India's crown jewel.
No one asks:
Is this what Kalam, Bhabha, and Vikram Sarabhai envisioned?
These institutions werenтАЩt built for applause.
They were built for atomic research.
For rural electrification.
For defending IndiaтАЩs sovereignty.
Now they defend shareholder profits in California or NY
You want a number?
A software engineer in the US earns тВ╣1.5 crore/year.
A Entry level scientist in ISRO earns тВ╣12 lakh/year.
This isnтАЩt brain drain.
This is state-sponsored cognitive asset laundering since last half a century.
We pay for their training.
The West buys those mind outright.
And what do we get in return?
A selfie with Sundar Pichai.
A LinkedIn post celebrating another Indian CEO of an American / Uropian firm.
What if this brilliant minds
had led HAL, BHEL, Bharat Electronics? At a better pay package, of course.
We donтАЩt ask these questions.
Because deep down...
WeтАЩre still colonized minds.
Before 1947, we exported cotton , spices and diamonds.
Now, we export our trained human intelligence.
And we celebrate it.
Why?
Because we mistake their personal success for our national pride.
*Where is the policy?*
*Why is there no 5-year national service bond for publicly funded graduates?*
Why are foreign MNCs allowed to recruit from national institutes without investing some resources in India's core sectors?
Why does no one say: Enough.
Create a National Brain Retention Plan.
Make it an honor, not a punishment, to serve India post-IIT.
This is Outsourcing of Bharat..
You pay your taxes..
You build their dreams.
They go out and build another country..
Lets ask some accountability for our money..
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