First Round of Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative Awards
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesperson
June 12, 2012
Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative Announces First Round of
Awards
In a milestone in the educational partnership between India and the United
States, the Department of State is pleased to announce the eight institutional
partnership projects below for the first Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge
Initiative awards. The goal of the initiative is to further strengthen, through
faculty exchanges, joint research, and other collaboration, partnerships between
American and Indian institutions of higher education in priority fields,
including food security, climate change, sustainable energy, and public health.
Each project will receive an award of approximately $250,000 that can be
utilized over the three-year grant period to encourage mutual understanding,
educational reform, and economic growth, as well as the development of junior
faculty.
U.S.-led Partnerships:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Project Title: Capitalizing on the Demographic Dividend: Enhancing Talent
Development Capacity for India and the U.S. in the 21st Century
Partner Institution: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
University of Montana
Project Title: Impacts of Climate Change and Changes in Socio-Economic
Structure on Traditional Agriculture and the Development of Sustainable
Communities among Indigenous Populations
Partner Institution: Bangalore University
Cornell University
Project Title: Implementing Reformed Curriculum in Emerging areas of
Agriculture and Food Security in Two State Agricultural Universities of
India
Partner Institutions: University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad and
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut
University of Michigan
Project Title: The Joint Development of a Master's Degree in Education for
Health Professions Faculty in the United States and India
Partner Institution: Maharashtra University of the Health Sciences
Indian-led Partnerships:
Mahatma Gandhi University
Project Title: An Interdisciplinary and Community Oriented Approach toward
Sustainable Development
Partner Institutions: Brown University, Duke University and Plymouth State
University
Banaras Hindu University
Project Title: Paradigm Shift in Energy Scenario for the 21st Century
toward Renewable Energy Sources required for both India and the U.S.
Partner Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Project Title: International Program for Sustainable Infrastructure
Development
Partner Institution: Virginia Tech University
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Project Title: Resource Building for Ecosystem and Human Health Risk
Assessment with Special reference to Microbial Contamination
Partner Institution: Drexel University
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama announced the
Obama-Singh Initiative in November 2009 as an affirmation of their commitment to
building an enhanced India-U.S. partnership in education. Each government
pledged $5 million for this endeavor, for a total of $10 million.
To implement this initiative, the Governments of India and the United
States established a bi-national Obama-Singh Initiative joint working group
(JWG). The JWG provides the final approval for all grants awarded through the
Obama-Singh Initiative. The JWG will allocate the $10 million over the course of
a five year period awarding 8 to 10 university partnership grants
annually.
(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State.)
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