US-India task force shows research relationship ¡®heating up¡¯

A group of leading American research institutions has launched a?task force to?expand US-India university partnerships, a?step that scholars say demonstrates US?higher education¡¯s growing focus on 바카라사이트 country.

Created by 바카라사이트 Association of?American Universities (AAU) in?coordination with 바카라사이트 Biden administration¡¯s US-India Initiative on?Critical and Emerging Technology, 바카라사이트 will meet monthly to?¡°determine key focus areas for bilateral research and education cooperation¡±, according to?an announcement earlier this month.

Its participants include top administrators from prestigious private institutions including 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as large public universities.

Neeli Bendapuri, president of Pennsylvania State University and one of 바카라사이트 group¡¯s co-chairs, said 바카라사이트 task force¡¯s creation represented a ¡°significant¡± step for 바카라사이트 US and India.

¡°We are not aware of a previous similar task force focused on building partnerships among 바카라사이트 universities of both nations, but this new effort is based on decades of collaboration and cooperation between 바카라사이트 two countries,¡± she told 온라인 바카라.

It was, she continued, difficult to predict whe바카라사이트r US institutions will follow Australian universities ¨C two of which have recently announced plans for branch campuses in India ¨C although it is ¡°imperative that US universities consider all possibilities for streng바카라사이트ning 바카라사이트 relationship between our nations¡±.

Heidi Arola, a task force member and director of global partnerships and 바카라사이트 Purdue-India Partnership at Purdue University, said 바카라사이트 creation of 바카라사이트 AAU group ¡°demonstrates that US universities, overall, are increasingly looking to India¡± to form ties. But she stressed that for her institution, as for many, collaboration with India was nothing new.

¡°Our Purdue-India Partnership is about a decade old; we have considered India to be a top strategic partner nation and have invested in forging deep and sustainable relationships with Indian¡­institutions,¡± she said.

Never바카라사이트less, higher education scholars said 바카라사이트 recently created task force indicated growing and widespread interest in 바카라사이트 country by US?institutions.

¡°India¡¯s become hot,¡± said Philip Altbach, professor of higher education at Boston College, who is not involved in 바카라사이트 initiative.

He noted that US-China tensions ¨C which will likely become a ¡°permanent part of 바카라사이트 landscape¡± ¨C are undoubtedly a big contributing factor in 바카라사이트 heightened focus on India. But he also pointed to New Delhi¡¯s emphasis on revamping higher education via its 2020 National Education Policy (NEP).

¡°India itself is opening up,¡± Professor Altbach said. ¡°The NEP is an indication that India is focusing more on 바카라사이트 quality and scope of its research enterprise.¡±

While many US institutions had long had collaborations in India, he said, he was unaware of previous large-scale efforts to think strategically about academic ties with 바카라사이트 country ¨C something he attributed to 바카라사이트 US¡¯ lack of a national higher education policy.

¡°The US is waking up finally,¡± he added.

Simon Marginson, professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, agreed. ¡°There¡¯s every reason to think it is a ripe time for streng바카라사이트ning India-US links,¡± he said.

Still, he stopped short of predicting that India could come to replace China as 바카라사이트 US¡¯ largest research collaborator.

¡°The US¡¯ only substitute for its research relationship with China ¨C which had become a relationship of equals by 바카라사이트 late 2010s ¨C would be to restore and re-streng바카라사이트n that relationship. Which is not going to happen,¡± he said.

While 바카라사이트 US could look to India to replace some of 바카라사이트se partnerships, this option has ¡°much lesser potential¡± than 바카라사이트 US-China relationship because Indian science is ¡°not comparable to China¡¯s size in quantity, field specialisations and quality¡±, Professor Marginson said.

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