Local Organizations and Education Sector

This chapter elaborates on the overall educational infrastructure in India and argues that the country cannot effectively deliver educational opportunities to the many remote and disadvantaged groups across the country. The chapter demonstrates how local migrant organizations are providing educational opportunities across the country: building schools, colleges, and universities; supporting academic research and collaboration; offering awards and scholarships for meritorious as well as needy students; and running many other special programmes for disadvantaged groups. In this way they are enhancing life chances in urban and rural India.

Nature, Formation, and Resources

The chapter provides an overview of local as well as transnational migrant organizations, exploring how they differ in terms of their nature, formation, and resource mobilization. The first section examines the socio-demographic characteristics of both types of migrant organizations, followed by the formation and resource mobilization of these organizations in India and abroad. The chapter is replete with examples from the study itself.

Conclusion

This chapter revisits the intersections between migrant organizations, engagement, and development by setting out the empirical findings concerning the healthcare and education sectors in India. The chapter summarizes the contributions that Indian migrant organizations make to the advancement of education and healthcare sectors and concludes by flagging the areas for further research.

Transnational Organizations and Education Sector

This chapter discusses various educational projects that transnational migrant organizations run across the country. The chapter mainly describes projects and programmes such as NRI education provision, education for vulnerable groups, vocational education and training for skill development, community awareness programs, provision of modern learning tools, scholarships and grants, and various special programs for the advancement of education among the underprivileged sections of the Indian society.

Transnational Organizations and Healthcare Sector

This chapter discusses how some transnational migrant organizations engage with the Indian healthcare sector and contribute to the expansion of healthcare facilities across the country. It principally describes how such organizations are building healthcare institutions, introducing modern medical equipment to the Indian healthcare industry, running exchange programs for medical professionals, and sponsoring many special programmes that provide greater access to healthcare facilities for different groups in urban and rural India.

Local Organizations and Healthcare Sector

This chapter discusses the overall healthcare facilities in India and depicts the existing gap in healthcare access across the country. It shows how local migrant organizations are reaching out to the underprivileged sections of society and providing medical education, building hospitals and clinics, and running special programmes that target deprived sections of the society with their limited resources.