India has an ambitious plan to lure scientists back — will it work?0

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• September 2, 2026

New fellowships hope to entice Indian researchers living abroad to return to home.Credit: SilviaJansen/Getty India is the latest country that is trying to entice researchers who have moved abroad to come back and help to reverse the country’s brain drain. Scientists mostly support these initiatives, which offer generous fellowships and research funding. But some say