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Joe Biden Hails IIT-B As One Of The Top In The World

Business Jul 31, 2013

by Anokhi Admin

US Vice President Joe Biden hailed Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay as one of the 'leading technology' schools in India on his recent visit to the institution.

Biden wrapped up his 4-day visit to India with a trip to IIT-B when he took the tour of one of the country’s prestigious and well-known universities.

After visiting numerous laboratories and interactions with students on campus, particularly he was impressed with the work that has been done with many female doctoral students, who are working in the areas of transportation, education and medicine.

Biden told the Hindustan times, “I have been extremely impressed. This is a great university, one of the leading universities in the world in the field of technology.”

He visited the department of Nano technology and Earth Sciences and after the meeting with the students exclaimed, “We are looking at India's future. I mean it.” He pointed at the five female students during the press conference and he further said, “These women are as capable as any one of you men standing out there. We have to take advantage of the collective cognitive ability of our populations.”

A student demonstrating her work via PTI

During the meeting as part of the Indo-US partnership on ‘Women in Science’, Biden also commented, “To see these women engaged in science, technology and engineering is something worth promoting very heavily in the US. In the US, now more women graduate from college than men and still there are only 20% or so entering the science stream.”

Biden is a huge proponent of women’s education in India and in a statement issued by the White House, “The future goes with the country that is most open and most representative of the entire population.”

Biden urged India to increase opportunities for women. His comments are a reminder of the sexual assaults that have brought into light the country’s attitudes towards women’s rights.

He added, “We have to take advantage of the collective capabilities of our population.”

Accompanied by his wife, Jill, Biden is the first US vice-president to visit India in the past three decades. He had left the US three days ago and is on the first leg of trip to visit the Asia-Pacific region. During his four-day stop to India before leaving for Singapore, he had been scheduled to arrive in New Delhi and began his journey in India with a visit to Gandhi Smriti, which is a museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi.

He then had meetings with top officials and leaders in Delhi where he addressed the business and student community on a speech centered on the US-India relations in Mumbai. Among the major topics of discussion will be trade, defense, and nuclear issues.

The White House has issued the following statement:

“This trip will be an important opportunity to strengthen our partnerships within the region and reaffirm our commitment to re-balancing US foreign policy towards the Asia-Pacific”

_{Feature Image Source: Whitehouse.gov

Source: theHindustantimes, upl.com, mumbaimirror.com, and articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com}

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Joe Biden Hails IIT-B As One Of The Top In The World

by Anokhi Admin

US Vice President Joe Biden hailed Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay as one of the 'leading technology' schools in India on his recent visit to the institution.

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