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President’s Message
The increased interaction between India and the US, evidenced by the
visits of US Secretary of Commerce, John Bryson followed by US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defence Secretary Leon Panetta,
reflect India’s growing importance on the world stage.
In order to further strengthen and expand this cooperation, the India-
US Strategic Dialogue initiated in 2009 has identified five principal
areas - Energy & Climate Change; Education & Development; Trade &
Agriculture; Science & Technology; Health & Innovation. India’s
Minister of External Affairs S M Krishna along with delegates
participated in the third annual US-India Strategic Dialogue. Details &
factsheets from recent meetings held in Washington DC are available
on our website www.iaccindia.com under factsheets section
One of the key areas being Education & Development, the first ever India-US Higher Education Summit
which was held in Washington last October, defined a strategic vision for the future of the US-India Higher
education partnership. U.S is a preferred destination for Indian students to pursue advanced degrees and
nearly 104,000 students from India are benefitting from the higher education system in US. With the
newly launched ‘Passport to India’ initiative by the US State Department, we can expect more American
students coming to India in the future for higher education. With the enriching economic engagement
between India & US, we will continue to expand in such exchanges between both the countries. There are
immense opportunities for developing newer links in the areas of education, research & innovation as
also technology & skill development.
In order to facilitate collaborations between educational institutions, exchange programmes involving
students, faculty and researchers from both India and the US and also to encourage private participation
in the education sector, the Indo American Chamber of Commerce initiated the Indo-US Education
Forum. IACC took its 2 nd Delegation of 14 Indian Higher Education Institutes to Texas, Florida, North
Carolina, Washington D.C. & Virginia from May 28 th to June 8 th , 2012.
During the visit of U.S Commerce Secretary - John Bryson IACC organized a roundtable in New Delhi with
focus of the discussion on the Growth in Emerging Metropolitan Sectors (GEMS) & Infrastructure. The
Delegation of 16 U.S. companies participated in meetings with Indian firms in an effort to promote their
technologies and services in the Indian Market. India is one of the world’s fastest –growing economies
and is a priority market under the Select USA initiative. In Mumbai, Bryson spoke about investment
opportunities in US and the tools offered by SelectUSA to facilitate that investment. Secretary Bryson
appreciated that IACC does critical work in fostering partnerships & success among both U.S. & Indian
businesses.
I would also like to take this opportunity in welcoming US Ambassador to India Ms. Nancy Powell who has
already visited Mumbai, Chennai and some other cities. IACC had the honor of having an excellent
meeting in Chennai and looks forward to her forthcoming visits to Bangalore and Varanasi.
We have a series of high profile events coming up, and I encourage your participation and support.
Anand Desai
National President, IACC