Ahead of his visit to the US next week,HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said on Thursday that a number of American institutes are keen on investing in India and that both countries will set up a joint council to take forward bilateral cooperation in education. Sibal held a meeting with visiting US Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J Burns and discussed the scope for collaboration and investment by the American institutes in India. The Indo-US Council will comprise industry leaders and academicians and will work on how to facilitate investment and collaborations of American institutions with Indian universities. "We will set up Indo-US council on education. Burns said the universities in the US want that the roadmap for their entry to India be expedited and that they are ready to come. There is a lot of enthusiasm from private sector,government and universities in this direction," he said. Sibal said he will lead a delegation of industry leaders and university people to the US on October 24. He is scheduled to visit a number of institutions,including Harvard University,Yale University,Massachusetts Institute of Technology and George Washington University. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to visit the US in November.
