1st Edition

The Migration of Indian Human Capital The Ebb and Flow of Indian Professionals in Southeast Asia

By Faizal bin Yahya, Arunajeet Kaur Copyright 2011
256 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In an increasingly globalised world manifested in greater economic integration, human capital is an important factor. One of the key sources of human capital to the global economy is India, and the main destinations for Indian professionals has been Western developed economies, the Middle East and Gulf regions and East and Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia as a region has close historical, social... Read more
1. Introduction  2. Indian Source Country for Human Capital  3. Employment Market in India  4. Country Study – Indonesia  5. Country Study – Malaysia  6. Country Study – Singapore  7. Country Study – Thailand  8. Conclusion      

Biography

Faizal Bin Yahya is a Research Fellow with the Institute of Policy Studies, a research centre at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. His current research focuses on human capital, ethnic minorities, multiculturalism, and regional linkages in the Asian region. He is the author of Economic Cooperation Between Singapore and India (Routledge 2008).

Arunajeet Kaur is a PhD student at the Australian National University, and a Research Associate at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. Her research is on the Indian diaspora in Southeast Asia including Sikh identity, flow of professional Indian immigrants, and political marginalisation of the Indian minority communities.