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Lok Sabha
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Department of Space (ISRO), Department of Science & Technology and leading US Universities namely, the University of California, at Berkeley and San Diego, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, the University of Buffalo, New York, Stanford University and California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, an institution deemed to be University which has developed satellite interactive technologies in collaboration with the ISRO is also a signatory to the MoU. This agreement would inter-alia offer Indo-US cooperation on e-learning to enhance technical education in around 25 selected educational institutions in India. Signatories to the MoU have agreed to work together for effectively imparting quality education and research covering the disciplines of Computer Science and Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Communication, Manufacturing, Biotechnology and Bioinformatic and Healthcare.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri M.A.A. Fatmi in the Lok Sabha today.
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