Saturday, November 26, 2011
U.S. official pursuing India education mission
From The Hindu
Ann Stock, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, will travel to India November 26-December 2, 2011 to follow up on the U.S.-India Higher Education Summit, the U.S. Department of State announced.
Her engagements in India come in the wake of the October Summit, for which Indian Minister for Human Resources Development Kapil Sibal visited Washington.
Per a statement by the State Department Ms. Stock will visit New Delhi, Chandigarh and Chennai, where she will meet with government officials, students, and members of civil society.
At the culmination of the Higher Education Summit there were no ‘big bang’ announcements in terms of new agreements penned but at the time Mr. Sibal expressed confidence that it had set in motion the mechanisms for future exchanges that could lead to more U.S. investment into the vast vocational education space in India.
Ann Stock, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, will travel to India November 26-December 2, 2011 to follow up on the U.S.-India Higher Education Summit, the U.S. Department of State announced.
Her engagements in India come in the wake of the October Summit, for which Indian Minister for Human Resources Development Kapil Sibal visited Washington.
Per a statement by the State Department Ms. Stock will visit New Delhi, Chandigarh and Chennai, where she will meet with government officials, students, and members of civil society.
At the culmination of the Higher Education Summit there were no ‘big bang’ announcements in terms of new agreements penned but at the time Mr. Sibal expressed confidence that it had set in motion the mechanisms for future exchanges that could lead to more U.S. investment into the vast vocational education space in India.
Labels: Ann Stock, India visit, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, U.S.-India Higher Education Summit
Sunday, May 30, 2010
‘U.S. will not prevent India from training Afghan Army’
From The Hindu
The United States will not limit any effort by India to offer direct training to the Afghan Army, according to Robert Blake, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs.
Responding to an observation that many in Pakistan, including General Ashfaq Kayani, had objected to India playing such a role, Mr. Blake said, the U.S. had “welcomed very much the assistance that India has provided and all of our cabinet-level officials have welcomed that and will continue to do so.”
He also stated that India had played a very important role with the $1.3 billion in assistance that they provided to date, mostly in infrastructure and other kinds of reconstruction projects, but certainly also in capacity building and training.
Mr. Blake added that India’s role was “a very important part of the international effort to help stabilise Afghanistan.”
The United States will not limit any effort by India to offer direct training to the Afghan Army, according to Robert Blake, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs.
Responding to an observation that many in Pakistan, including General Ashfaq Kayani, had objected to India playing such a role, Mr. Blake said, the U.S. had “welcomed very much the assistance that India has provided and all of our cabinet-level officials have welcomed that and will continue to do so.”
He also stated that India had played a very important role with the $1.3 billion in assistance that they provided to date, mostly in infrastructure and other kinds of reconstruction projects, but certainly also in capacity building and training.
Mr. Blake added that India’s role was “a very important part of the international effort to help stabilise Afghanistan.”
Labels: Afghan Army training, Robert Blake, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
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