| INDIA: Higher education summit with US reveals gaps |
| Alya Mishra |
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The first India-US higher education summit,
between India’s Human Resources Minister Kapil Sibal and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week, was aimed at strengthening collaboration between the two countries. It provided symbolic recognition of the importance of India’s university and research sectors for international interaction. But in India academics and students were expressed scepticism that it would yield any real change in education outcomes, with a wide gap between India’s needs and what US institutions might provide. |