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Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal today constituted five Working Groups for Indo-US co-operation for forthcoming Indo-US Summit on Higher Education. The Summit is being organised on June 15-16, 2011 in Washington, DC. Read the rest of this entry »
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Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today supported collaborative approach of learning terming it as the need of hour. Read the rest of this entry »
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced that India and US would hold a higher education summit next year. Read the rest of this entry »
The civil nuclear liability bill was passed by Parliament Monday, marking the culmination of one of the most contentious and widely debated pieces of legislation that saw prolonged discussions between the government and the opposition to ensure its smooth passage. Read the rest of this entry »
India’s Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal emphasized to establish an India-US Education Council to accelerate co-ordination between India and US on education sector. The issue came during a meeting of Kapil Sibal with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Read the rest of this entry »
US Ambassador, Timothy J. Roemer called on Delhi’s Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today at Delhi Secretariat. They talked about various issues including Delhi, US, Indo-US relations and many other things in their 15 minute meeting.
Delhi University’s prestigious Lady Sri Ram College and its Principal Meenakshi Gopinath received a pat from US. During her visit to India US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale said “Her (Meenakshi’s) efforts have resulted in the empowerment of a new generation of women with skills and expertise for peace activism”.
Giving credit to Fullbright Scholarship for the achievements of Meenakshi Gopinath the US top official said that she went Georgetown University as a Fullbrighter and became the Principal of LSR College later on. It is notable that over 8000 scholarships have been given in the last 60 years under the Fullbright scheme.
During the 60th anniversary of USIEF on Tuesday McHale also announced that U.S. India Education Foundation Board is looking at new and expanded areas of focus that would strengthen the partnership between our two countries.