Will the H1B visa fee hike finally keep India’s IIT talent at home?
The US H1B visa fee hike to $100,000 has sparked concerns over global talent mobility, with Yale scholar Gautam Mukunda warning it risks losing top IIT graduates. For India, this policy shift presents a unique opportunity to retain its brightest engineers, strengthen startups, expand research capacity, and transform brain drain into a catalyst for domestic innovation and global competitiveness.
The US H1B visa fee hike to $100,000 has sparked concerns over global talent mobility, with Yale scholar Gautam Mukunda warning it risks losing top IIT graduates. For India, this policy shift presents a unique opportunity to retain its brightest engineers, strengthen startups, expand research capacity, and transform brain drain into a catalyst for domestic innovation and global competitiveness.
