November 1, 2009

On U.S. Visit, India's Education Minister Presses for More Involvement by American Universities

By Beth McMurtrie and Karin Fischer

Washington

In an unusually aggressive effort to build alliances with American universities, India's education minister traveled to the United States last week for extensive discussions on how the United States could more deeply engage with India.

Kapil Sibal, who, just a few months into office, has positioned himself as both a blunt critic of India's education system and an ardent advocate of educational reform and global engagement, told American officials that he sees the