Indian Skilled Migration and Development: To Europe and Back Tejada, G., Bhattacharya, U., Khadria, B., Kuptsch, C. (Eds.) Migration is an integral part of the process of development. Generally, the trajectory of migration has been from resource-deprived to resource-endowed areas (IOM and UN, 2000). In the era of globalization, the salience of economic liberalization and global market has thus accelerated the mobility of people across borders. With the emergence of the knowledge economy and technological development, the global labour market has witnessed rise in demand for knowledge, skills and talents. This growing demand has led to an increase in the emigration of skilled-workers and professionals particularly from developing countries to the developed countries (Khadria, 2004). India is becoming a major supplier of human capital for the developed countries (Buga & Meyer, 2012). Being a developed economy, the Europe has always been a preferred area of destination for Indians. Due to the old aged population and limited young skilled workers, the European countries have been targeting on the Indian skilled and professionals to develop their economy. Based on empirical evidences, the book discusses the migration of Indian skilled workforce to the European countries in detailed manner. This edited volume covers different themes of migration towards western countries such as skilled and unskilled migration, student migration for higher education, gender migration, globalization and Indian Scientific Diaspora, Return migration and development etc. The book has total thirteen chapters with central focus on the agenda of development through migration in recent decades. The book debates on growing concerns on inter-linkages between skilled migration and development. This book not only uncovers the un-researched areas but also strongly recommends the important policy directions for both home as well as host countries aiming at development agendas. The three broader themes are covered in this book: Introduction, contexts and trends and empirical evidences and policy implications. The introduction part discusses the issues of emigration of Indians (skilled segment) to the European Union. Skilled- migration is an important consequence of globalization of market economy. The demands for high skilled migrants have increased in the developed countries for better output (Gabriela et. al., 2014). The second part of the book deals with the trends and context of skilled migration through the examination of public intervention and institutional-structures both from the perspective of India as a country of origin and Europe as country of destination. In this context, the flow of skilled and unskilled migration has been discussed by Binod Khadria