The establishment of Indo-U.S. Global Challenge Institutes will be a priority for the Education Ministry, according to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in order to strengthen research collaborations and intercultural exchanges in fields including semiconductors, renewable energy, health, and emerging technologies. He praised the leaders for their determination to strengthen the strategic alliance between Indian and American colleges, particularly Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President Joe Biden.
According to Pradhan, a new phase of the collaboration is set to begin with the recently announced India-US initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology. According to him, this will hasten the results, especially in terms of cutting-edge technologies and synergistic Research and Development centres of excellence at academic institutions. The Minister stated that this topic has been discussed by the Joint Task Force, which was established with the Association of American Universities and includes the top IITs and IISc.
The major IITs and IISc in India have been participating in a joint taskforce with the Association of American Universities to study ways to improve research collaborations between the two countries. Neeli Bendapudi, president of Pennsylvania State University, Robert J. Jones, Pradeep K. Khosla, Satish K. Tripathi, president of the University at Buffalo, and Sunil Kumar, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Johns Hopkins University, were all in attendance. They are all members of the Association of American Universities.
Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institute of Science representatives were present on the Indian side. This task force has been tasked with developing “new models of engagement” and exploring new areas of collaboration between Indian and American universities.
This decision was made at a time when India was welcoming foreign universities to establish campuses there. Additionally, this collaborative task force will aid foreign colleges in establishing branches in the two nations.
