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Singh emphasised that his government was working towards
expanding areas of cooperation between India and the US to
enhance the capabilities of private and public universities
and strengthening the faculty in both.
"If private universities come into being in our country
that would open up enormous opportunities for collaboration
between the university system of our two countries," he said.
The Prime Minister talked about the need for improving
skills of the population, saying it was essential for ushering
growth and prosperity in India.
"If we succeed in improving the skill level of our
population we would have mounted an effective attack on
problems of poverty ignorance and disease and we look forward
to more intensified cooperation between Indian university
system and US university system to make that happen," he
added.
Pointing out that 1,00,000 Indian students come to the US
every year for education, he said, "This is a development we
greatly welcome but we must simultaneously work hard to
strengthen our university system."
"In all these areas I see enormous opportunities for the
university system in our two countries to work with each
other," he added. PTI