It has been said time and again that Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) students are more attracted to lucrative international offers. But a recent survey by Insight - IIT Bombay’s in-house student media body reveals how this trend is changing with growing opportunities in India. Even as there is still a trend of preference for the US, with four out of every five alumni living abroad settled in the US, the number of IIT-B passouts staying in India has increased from only 59% before the year 2000, to more than 84% now.

Data of close to 20,000 alumni was used in creating the survey with help from the IIT-B alumni association. The results are mostly based on voluntary self-reporting by alumni.