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India, US announce eight educational partnerships
Wednesday June 13, 2012 08:38:57 AM,
Arun Kumar, IANS
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Washington: In a
milestone in the educational partnership between India and the
United States, eight institutional partnership projects, four each
led by either country, were announced for the first Obama-Singh
21st Century Knowledge Initiative awards.
The goal of the initiative is to further strengthen, through
faculty exchanges, joint research, and other collaboration,
partnerships between American and Indian institutions of higher
education in priority fields, including food security, climate
change, sustainable energy, and public health, the US State
Department announced Tuesday.
Each project will receive an award of approximately $250,000 that
can be utilised over the three-year grant period to encourage
mutual understanding, educational reform, and economic growth, as
well as the development of junior faculty.
Indian-led Partnerships
Mahatma Gandhi University: An Interdisciplinary and Community
Oriented Approach toward Sustainable Development in partnership
with Brown University, Duke University and Plymouth State
University.
Banaras Hindu University: Paradigm Shift in Energy Scenario for
the 21st Century toward Renewable Energy Sources required for both
India and the US in partnership with University of Pittsburgh.
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur: International Programme
for Sustainable Infrastructure Development in partnership with
Virginia Tech University.
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi: Resource Building for
Ecosystem and Human Health Risk Assessment with Special reference
to Microbial Contamination in partnership with Drexel University.
US-led partnerships
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey: Capitalising on the
Demographic Dividend: Enhancing Talent Development Capacity for
India and the US in the 21st Century in partnership with Tata
Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
University of Montana: Impacts of Climate Change and Changes in
Socio-Economic Structure on Traditional Agriculture and the
Development of Sustainable Communities among Indigenous
Populations in partnership with Bangalore University.
Cornell University: Implementing Reformed Curriculum in Emerging
areas of Agriculture and Food Security in Two State Agricultural
Universities of India in partnership with University of
Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut.
University of Michigan: The Joint Development of a Master's Degree
in Education for Health Professions Faculty in the United States
and India in partnership with Maharashtra University of the Health
Sciences.
The next request for proposals for grants from the Obama-Singh
Initiative announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and
President Barack Obama in November 2009 will be announced in July
2012.
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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