Briefing reporters after the Cabinet
meeting, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said India favoured good
relations with US and the decisions taken are a pointer in this
direction.
"The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime
Minister today gave its approval to the signing a Joint Declaration
between the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) of India and
the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States of America to
initiate a new programme entitled Global Initiative of Academic
Networks (GIAN) in Higher Education," a government release said.
GIAN aims at tapping the talent pool of
scientists and entrepreneurs to engage with the institutes of higher
education in India to augment the country`s existing academic resources,
accelerate the pace of quality reforms and further strengthen India`s
scientific and technological capabilities.
The proposed India-US Cooperation will be
beneficial for adoption of newer methods of pedagogy, infuse creativity
and innovation-driven learning and professional rigour at a relatively
lower cost, boosting research in cutting edge technologies and to build
stronger academic networks between
the two countries.
The proposal envisages the creation of a
channel for US academics in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics to spend part of their time teaching in academic and
research institutions across India.
In another decision, the Cabinet okayed
signing of an MoU betweeen the two countries for cooperation in gas
hydrates for a period of five years.
Cooperation with the United States
Department of Energy (USDOE) in the field of gas hydrates will
facilitate active participation of the National Gas Hydrate Programme
(NGHP) and DOE scientists in data collection, analysis and
identification of sites for pilot production testing.
Source: News in Hindi and Newspaper
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