Prime Minister has thanked the Indian-American community for their contribution in building bridges between India and the United States and invited Indians worldwide to return home.<br/> <br/>Dr Manmohan Singh said, he prefers the term brain gain to reverse brain drain. He also highlighted the Five Es – economy, energy, environment, education and empowerment – that forms a critical part of the next phase of the relationship between the two countries.<br/><br/>Interacting with prominent members of the Indian-American community in Washington, he said, in the past few years we have already experienced what has been called a 'reverse brain-drain, which he described as a meeting of minds. The Prime Minister further noted that Indian-Americans no longer had to make a choice about whether to work in India or America as modern technology and flexible policies back home have opened possibilities of working in both places.<br/><br/>He also extended an invitation to all Indian Americans and non-resident Indians to return to India in one capacity or another.<br/>
News On AIR | November 26, 2009 7:54 PM
PM urges NRI to reverse brain drain to brain gain