WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (NNN-PTI) -- Noting that he prefers the term "brain gain" to "reverse brain drain", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday thanked the Indian-American community for their contribution in building bridges between India and the United States and invited Indians worldwide to return home.

Prime Minister Singh highlighted the Five Es - economy, energy, environment, education and empowerment - that forms a critical part of the "next phase" of the relationship between the two countries.

"In the past few years we have already experienced what has been called a 'reverse brain-drain'. I would prefer to call this 'brain gain' or, indeed, a meeting of minds," he said during his interaction with prominent members of the Indian-American community. -- NNN-PTI