Modi America visit: On the first day of his 3-day official visit to the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met experts from several leading American think tanks and eminent academicians in New York.
The Prime Minister discussed a range of developmental and geopolitical issues with educational experts, including the possibilities of expanding think tank and research collaborations under India’s new education policy, and two-way academic exchanges.
The Prime Minister invited them to increase their presence in India as it begins its transformation during Amritkal.
Think-tank experts participating in the discussion
o Michael Froman, Presidential Nominee and Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), New York
O. Daniel Russell, Vice President for International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute, New York
o Max Abrams, Associate Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University, Boston
o Jeff M. Smith, Director, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation, DC
o Elbridge Colby, co-founder of ‘The Marathon Initiative’ based in Washington DC
0 Guru Sowell, Founder-Member, Director (India-US Affairs), Indus International Research Foundation, Texas
academics in discussion
Chandrika Tandon, Chair of the Board, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Dr. Neeli Bendapudi, President of Pennsylvania State University
• Dr. Pradeep Khosla, Chancellor, University of California, San Diego
• Dr. Satish Tripathi, President of the University at Buffalo
• Professor Jagmohan Raju, Professor of Marketing, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Madhav V. Rajan, Dean, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
• Professor Ratan Lal, prestigious University Professor of Soil Science; Director, CFAES Rattan Lal Center for Carbon Management and Sequestration, The Ohio State University
• Dr. Anurag Myral, Adjunct Professor and Faculty Fellow of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University and Lead for Technology Innovation and Impact at the Center for Innovation and Global Health, Stanford University.
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