Washington: India and the United States are natural allies, especially in the field of education, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said and stressed that there is immense potential to strengthen collaborations between educational institutions of the two countries.
He was speaking during a virtual roundtable on ‘Advancing India-US Education Partnership’ on Wednesday. The roundtable was organised by the Embassy of India in association with its five consulates in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Houston and Atlanta.
“India and the US are natural allies, especially in the field of education. There is a lot of potential to strengthen collaborations between India and US educational institutions, specifically in interlinking industry, academia and policymakers,” Pradhan said.
He said India’s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has opened up the mobility of students and teachers across the globe and it encourages research partnerships and mutually beneficial educational collaborations.
“To align with the prime minister’s announcement at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, India’s education system must be ready to align with the global aspirations and NEP 2020 allows for such an alignment,” he added.
The roundtable was attended by presidents, chancellors and representatives from 20 American universities including University of Colorado, New York University, Rice University and University of Illinois etc.
—PTI

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