India, US to hold expanded Higher Education Dialogue as annual event

Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday launched the expanded US-India Higher Edcation Dialogue as an annual bilateral event to map out strategies for partnership in the field of education between the two countries.

The Dialogue should identify areas for mutually beneficial exchanges and provide a platform for intense and meaningful collaboration among academia, the private sector, and government on both sides, a joint statement issued by the two sides said after the US-India Higher Education Summit.