Elite bilingualism in India, the topic of this Master's thesis, whose early developments date back centuries, currently starts to develop even more rapidly. The reasons and challenges of this evolution of elite bilingualism can be found in the context of the Indian education system, Indian multilingualism, the Indian universities, the English-speaking universities in the English-speaking countries, and lastly in the students' access to the global market. The hypotheses resulting from research on this particular topic are juxtaposed by the results of a qualitative and quantitative research carried out with former students of the Kodaikanal International School in Tamil Nadu. Sixty-three of them answered a multiple-choice questionnaire and four participated in an interview on the topic of their motivation, their plans and the languages they speak. The Master thesis concludes that although elite bilingualism booming in India does not seem to have any impact on the mother tongues, it at least leads to the largely irreversible expatriation of a big part of the Indian intellectual elite.