US may lose Indian talent, competitive edge due to H-1B clampdown: Report on Business Standard. The brain-gain to India under H-1B outweighs any brain-drain, both countries' economies have gained

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US may lose Indian talent, competitive edge due to
H-1B clampdown: Report
The brain-gain to India under H-1B outweighs any brain-drain, both countries' economies
have gained
Clampdown on H-1B programme will make it difficult for the US IT sector to attract open
talent from countries like India and America might lose its competitive edge, a top American
think-tank has said.
As the Trump administration is carrying out a review of the non-immigrant visas, the Center for
Global Development (CGD) in a report said that H-1B visa, the most sought after by Indian IT
professionals, is beneficial for both India and the US.
"It is really important to make sure that the I-T sectors from both countries are allowed to attract
the right kind of people, because they really allow for innovation and growth in both the
countries," Gaurav Khanna, fellow at the CGD and co- author of the research paper, said.
The report titled 'The IT Boom and Other Unintended Consequences of Chasing the American
Dream' takes an in-depth look at how the H-1B visa programme affects both the US and Indian
economies. economy news

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"Both the economies have really benefited from the H-1B programme," he told PTI.
"What our paper is really trying to stress, is that on average the US is better off because of the H-
1B programme. So clamping down on the H-1B programme will basically not allow the US IT
sector to attract the open talent from places like India. The US might then lose its competitive
edge in IT production," he warned, adding that IT companies might move to countries like
Canada in the event of large scale clampdown on H-1B visas.
Khanna said the research has shown that India has been a beneficiary of brain-gain, rather than
brain drain due to the visa programmer.... (READ MORE)