U.S. and India to Create Joint Education Council to Further Collaboration

India and the United States plan to establish a joint education council of academics and industry experts to pave the way for advanced bilateral relations in higher education, the Press Information Bureau of India said Thursday. The announcement followed a meeting between William Burns, under secretary for political affairs in the U.S. State Department, and Kapil Sibal, India’s minister in charge of higher education. Mr. Sibal will travel to the United States this month and plans to visit Harvard, Yale, and George Washington Universities, among others, to shape the council’s membership and goals, according to Zeenews.com.