Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday advised students of the prestigious Manipal University who are planning to go abroad for advanced studies to stay back and study in the country.

Speaking at the 4th convocation of the University in Jaipur on Thursday. The Union Minister for Human Resource Development said it is the ‘obligation’ of every student to pay back to society and contribute their best for the development of the nation.

Javadekar also expressed confidence that introduction of a Prime Minister’s Scholarship scheme would go a long way in stanching the so-called brain drain, adding that the central government is looking forward to establish 20 universities of global standards to enhance the status of higher education.

Addressing the convocation, Javdekar said the reason the best students go abroad for studies are state of the art research labs, lucrative scholarships, and expert guides. He said the government is moving towards removing these reasons from their list.

He said the central government has set up a fund under the Higher Education Finance Agency which will give loans to universities to create world-class research labs as well as to upgrade their labs. Similarly, universities would be free to get fop faculty form across the world.

Javadekar elaborated the Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme at the event to those students. He also announced details about the newly announced scholarship of Rs 75,000 per month for 1,000 students.