Shri Kapil Sibal leaves for the US tonight; to meet with US Secretary Education, Arne Duncan
	17:55 IST

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Kapil Sibal is leaving for the US tonight and will hold ministerial level talks with the US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. The two are likely to talk about greater collaboration in education between the two countries. The Minister, besides being accompanied by Ministry officials will also be accompanied by a FICCI delegation which includes academicians. During his visit, Shri Sibal holds discussions with the Presidents of the Universities of Harvard, Boston, Yale, Duke, Georgetown, the President of New York Academy of Sciences, Mr. Ellis Rubenstein and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President, Dr. Susan Hockfield. The Minister will address the Harvard Community on 26th October, and the MIT Community on 27th October. At Yale University he will be given a presentation on “Strategies for Recruiting and Developing a World Class Faculty”. MV/Hb