Notwithstanding the socio-poli-economic (SPE) situation a small number of semi-successful Nepalis do return; I say 'semi' because I haven't came across anyone who's well off or to be surreal, someone who is widely respected in their field (not many exist) and decided to return for good. Most returnees, I suspect, do it because of family reasons or after an unsuccessful attempt in integrating to their current habitat (lack of SPE power) in their respective foreign countries. That doesn't necessarily mean they are unskilled or lack patriotism. I would be head over heels if some of our successful professionals (with 5+ yrs of experience in designated areas from Fortune 500 or good-tier Universities) return to muster their area of expertise. However, this is unlikely because I know what motivates them; patriotism won't be the only passion to fuel their fire obviously. A go-getter types who strive to put a mark on their career are pretty hard to persuade, but these are the ones Nepal needs- young, hard-working, skilled, energetic, well educated, etc. In fact, the consensus is most westernized country want them (yes, Nepal has competition). Therefore, to me, unless I take a huge pay cut, put a glass ceiling on my learning curve and ready to face the current SPE, there are no other incentives (other than the fact that it proves my patriotism indirectly); I am sure all most of you feel the same way. This means we've just made a circle... Case in point... During last week's conference in Malaysia I had a chat with a fellow conference convenor who's a Malaysian Professor as well as a MIT grad. I won't go into all the details but I was moved by his sense of pride on how he's better off in Malaysia and what it means to conduct research from his own home country. Yes, there were times of turbulence and when George Soros devalued their Ringgit, etc. Yet, he was not shy to give me indirect hints as to why Malaysia may become the next Singapore, South Korea, etc. This is his faculty: http://www.must.edu.my/faculty.html As you can see the Professors come from all educational backgrounds- Cambridge, Melbourne, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, etc. Of course, Malaysia has oil but that isn't the only factor for its growth spurts. I give the kid a lot of credit for the advice, but what he's asking to do translates to nil at this point. -JBeans