- Lack of time/resources: If you consider young professionals, most of them are forced to start their careers working for Multi National Companies with very low starting salary, the starting salaries are almost the same since last 10 years despite significant increase in rents/commodity prices.This forces many to commute for more than 3 hours in noisy traffic heavily draining their out of office energy.
- Lack of inhouse leadership: Most of the bright college students are drawn to global programs like gsoc or spend time in internships abroad, contributing but not in Indian programs.
- Attitude of faculty: Indian universities have a lot to catch up in their teaching style. Often, feedback is harsh and faculty are hard to find. In contrast, most US universities have a lot of grad students who are able to fill in and guide youngsters.
Looking at what factors lead to such results might provide some insights as to what could be done to foster such contributions.