The last few years have seen a steady increase in the number of NRIs returning to India. The web is seeing an increase in web portals designed to find jobs for these Indians in US, who consider working in India more attractive as it takes care of their sentimental needs while they settle down in a comfortable job and lifestyle. Indians returning to India need to keep their minds open and be ready to accept everything that comes their way as far as challenges are concerned.

If they are hoping to find the USA in India then they are going to be thoroughly disillusioned. While returning to India may present a very rosy picture to these people settled abroad, there are many challenges they have to face on returning that include cultural, logistical and economical issues. These are important issues, which many NRIs fail to consider; while they are happy, they have landed themselves with a good job and secured the best school for their kids.

Non resident Indians must remember that living and working in India is not going to be easy as there are diverse challenges they need to tackle and they should be prepared to make adjustments and realignments to suit the type of living that India has to offer. Many of these Indians working in Indian companies in US have become accustomed to the way of living there after years of being residents up there.

One of the major challenges that Indians returning to India face are re-establishing relationships with relatives, friends and working on establishing new networks from scratch. Many of these Non-resident Indians from USA are returning to India to set up their own businesses but the challenges they face are numerous.

There are so many legal and bureaucratic challenges they have to face before they begin their venture and things in India do not move so easily like the US where the system is smooth. Others who are taking up high profile jobs in corporate or business houses find that the system of working in Indian companies in India is very different from the working style of the same companies in the US. The returning Indians require adjusting to the new way of life in their work environment.

Cultural challenges are another big hurdle that many Indians returning to India face. Their way of life in countries abroad especially USA has been entirely different and now getting themselves adjusted to an Indian lifestyle is not going to be a cakewalk. Children of these NRIs who have been born and brought up for years in US will feel the sudden change in lifestyle emotionally trying as they struggle to make adjustments not only in family life but also at school.

It may take a couple of years before they settle down to accept the Indian way of life and become a true Indian. Indians thinking of returning to India to take up jobs need to consider all the challenges that they and their family members are likely to face and how they are going to overcome these challenges so that the transition from an American Life to an Indian life is smooth without hiccups.