Sibal to tell about plan to open Indian Universities in US

India’s federal Minister for Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal will address Harvard Community and MIT Community and tell the US community about India’s plan to open Indian universities in the US and other countries.

In his visit to US Sibal will also interact with several officials and office-bearers of the different universities. It is notable that before leaving to US he has already done series of meetings this week with the directors of the India’s top institutions like IIMs, IITs and NITs and told them to present their future vision within three months. He has also discussed several issues with the vice-chancellors of Central Universities and UGC in this regard.

Sibal has already left for the US. He would hold talks with the US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan about greater collaboration in education between the two countries. A FICCI delegation has also accompanied with the minister.

Sibal will discuss with the Presidents of the Universities of Harvard, Boston, Yale, Duke, Georgetown, the President of New York Academy of Sciences, Ellis Rubenstein and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President, Dr. Susan Hockfield. Sibal will address the Harvard Community on 26th October, and the MIT Community on 27th October. At Yale University he will be given a presentation on “Strategies for Recruiting and Developing a World Class Faculty”.

In MIT the Sibal’s lecture is being organized by the MIT India forum with the initiatives led by Prof. Abhijit Banerjee and Prof. Charles Cooney.