MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)
(a) & (b): The percentage of students opting for jobs abroad after completion of
their degree from IITs during the last five years is annexed. As per information
received from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, some medical practitioners
migrate to other countries for pursuing higher studies and employment.
However, they do not maintain such data centrally. As per the requirements of
the Government of USA, Statement of Need (SON) Certificate and Exceptional
Need Certificate (ENC) are issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to
Indian students going to USA on J-1 visa for higher studies. From the year 2015
to 2017, the total number of SON/ENC issued to Indian students is as under:
Year SON Certificate ENC Total
2015 959 17 976
2016 891 19 910
2017 958 14 972
(c) : As per the Report of the Sub Committee of Council constituted in
pursuance of the decision taken in the 49th IIT Council meeting, the estimated
average expenditure on each student in IIT system is Rs. 5.2 lakh per year.
However, no centralized data is available in respect of Medical Students.
(d) : The Government is committed not only to retain the students passing out
of the premier educational institutions in the country but also attract the Non-
Resident Indians back to the Country. For attracting highly skilled researchers to
pursue their R&D interests in Indian Institutions, several initiatives have been
launched, such as Faculty Recharge Programme, CV Raman Post-Doctoral
Fellowship Scheme by University Grants Commission (UGC), Ramanujan
Fellowship, JC Bose Fellowship, Swarnjayanti Fellowship, Young Scientist Project
Award, Women Scientist Scheme by Department of Science & Technology (DST),
and Ramalinga Swami Re-entry Fellowship by Department of Biotechnology.
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has also taken many initiatives such as nonissue
of No Obligation to Return to India (NORI) Certificate to anyone under any
circumstances, except in cases where the age of the applicant is over 65 (sixtyfive)
years on the date of submission of application, enhancing age of
superannuation for doctors in teaching cadre upto 70 years, enhancing pay and
allowances of doctors, revision of Assured Career Progression Scheme, removal of
embargo/rider imposed on foreign qualified PG Doctors from five English
speaking nations i.e US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in case of
taking teaching profession. Various allowances like Non Practicing Allowance,
Conveyance Allowance, Learning Resource Allowance, etc. have also been
enhanced considerably for the faculty.
*****
Download PDF Files
