More than 30 TOP American universities are visiting India for collaboration with Indian institutions for offering their Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral programs in India. They will be participating in the Indo-American Education Summit on academic collaborations scheduled to be held during November 2009 in New Delhi (8th), Hyderabad (10th), and Bangalore (13th). The Summit is being organized by New Jersey based Indus Foundation.
Some of the World’s leading universities that will be participating in the Summit are Tufts, Case Western, Northeastern, Florida State, Southern Illinois-Carbondale, Clarkson, Concordia (Canada), Drexel, Temple, Oregon, Rochester, Massachusetts-Boston, South Dakota Tech, Wisconsin, and Widener. Their areas for collaboration cover a wide range including Science, Engineering, Medicine, Biotechnology, Environment, Management, and the Arts.
There are more than 600 major fields of study in the U.S. at various degree levels - Bachelor's (4 years), Master's (2 years), and Doctoral/Ph.D. (3 to 5 years). The on-campus programs to be offered in India by American universities in collaboration with Indian institutions would be degree programs at all levels. Students will receive degrees of the American Universities after successful completion of the programs in India. The American universities and Indian institutions will administer the degree programs jointly. Indian institutions collaborating with the American universities must have world-class facilities such as modern classrooms, state-of-the-art laboratories, audiovisual centers, computerized libraries, video conferencing halls, software development centers, and administrative blocks.
Dual Degree Programs:
Collaborative programs are also sometimes known as Dual Degree programs or Joint Degree programs in India. In these programs, Indian institutions will continue to offer their regular degree programs as per the Indian curricula and give Indian degrees after successful completion. Simultaneously, Indian institutions in collaboration with American universities will supplement their existing curricula with the additional curricula of American universities. Students who successfully complete the existing curricula and the additional curricula will be given degrees by American universities.
List of Collaborative Programs
Given below is the list of programs which American Universities are interested in offering in India in Collaboration with well-established Indian institutions. The text used is that of the concerned Universities.
Clarkson University
Business Programs
Programs in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).
Pacific Graduate School of Psychology
BS in Psychology and Social Action
BS in Business Psychology
M.A. in Forensics and Correctional Psychology
Ph.D in Clinical Psychology
PsyD in Clinical Psychology
Roosevelt University
BG:Bachelor of General Studies
BP:Bachelor of Professional Studies and
MA:Training and Development
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Joint PhD program in Biomedical Engineering
Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
MBA and MAcc programs and Undergraduate Business programs
Southern University and A&M College
Engineering and Computer Science programs .
Tufts University
Executive Education, particularly involving School of Engineering and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Masters in Gerontology
University of Rochester
The complete list of 75 undergraduate degree programs offered at the University of Rochester (http://www.rochester.edu/college/academics/majors.html).
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Pre-professional Health, Medicine and Business-related programs, and Professional degree programs in Music and Engineering.
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Joint degree programs.
1+1 post-graduate degree programs in Software Engineering (MSE) and Master in Business Administration (MBA).
All graduate programs
WVU Institute of Technology
Dual-Degree Programs at Graduate level in Business Management and Accounting.
Mr. S. B. Anumolu, 63, is the President of the Indus Foundation, New Jersey, which was founded in 1995. Mr. Anumolu obtained his Master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB). Mr. Anumolu joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1969 and was trained at Missouri and Mt. Abu in India. He worked for 15 years in various senior level positions including that of Deputy Inspector General of Police before leaving Government service and received several letters of commendation from the Government for the good work done while in service. He worked, first, as the Managing Director of an industry and later, as Managing Director of a Management Consulting comp any when he led several business delegations to the USA, Canada, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, and other Gulf countries.