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India-US
higher education summit in October
Tuesday July 19, 2011 08:00:47 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Aiming at more collaborations in higher education, India and the
US will host a summit in Washington this October.
A statement issued after the talks between US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said
the summit will be held Oct 13 to "highlight and emphasize the
many avenues through which the higher education communities in the
US and India collaborate".
"The US and India plan to expand its higher education dialogue, to
be co-chaired by the US Secretary of State and Indian Minister of
Human Resource Development, to convene annually," the statement
said.
It said the summit would incorporate private and non-governmental
sectors and higher education communities to aid
government-to-government discussions.
The US said a special initiative named "Passport to India" has
been created to encourage American students to study and intern in
India. Over 100,000 Indian students are now studying or interning
in America.
The US-India Science and Technology Endowment Board, established
by Clinton and Krishna in 2009, plans to award nearly $3 million
annually to entrepreneurial projects that commercialize
technologies to improve health and empower citizens.
"The two sides are strongly encouraged by the response to this
initiative, which attracted over 380 joint US-India proposals. The
Endowment plans to announce the first set of grantees by September
2011," the statement said.
The two countries will also focus on strengthening teaching,
research and administration of both US and Indian institutions
through university linkages and junior faculty development at
higher education level.
The statement said the India-US Science and Technology Forum, now
in its 10th year, has convened activities that have led to the
interaction of nearly 10,000 Indian and US scientists and
technologists.
As a follow up to the successful US-India Innovation Roundtable
held in September 2010 in New Delhi, the two sides agreed to hold
another Innovation Roundtable in early 2012.
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