London, March 7 -- With many young Indian professionals returning home to a country increasingly seen as a land of opportunity, the brain drain from India is being reversed, according to a senior Indian scientist.
R.A. Mashelkar, noted scientist and director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), told the BBC Hindi service that a growing number of young professionals were returning home to be part of India's economic boom.
"There was a time when nearly top 70 percent of the IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) pass-outs were going abroad, but the latest data shows that the percentage is down to 30. The main reason behind this is now India is …
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