While overall international mobility among highly skilled professionals is slowing, India has strengthened its position, recording notable gains in key talent categories and solidifying its status as one of the world's rising talent hubs.

Global talent migration has declined 8.5% year-over-year — the first drop since 2020 — but India has emerged as a notable exception to this trend, according to a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report.

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However, the geography of global talent is shifting sharply, and India is defying the global slump.

Why does this matter to India?

While economies such as Canada, the

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