That trend slowed down a long time ago. There are as many smart people in India as there are in the US. Those who migrated/are migrating to the US, migrate for

That trend slowed down a long time ago. There are as many smart people in India as there are in the US. Those who migrated/are migrating to the US, migrate for greener pastures. There is no reason to believe that those who migrate to US are necessarily better than their Indian counterparts. In fact, I know quite a few who got calls from top-tier colleges in US (Stanford/Harvard etc) but chose to stay back in India and launch their own startups.