We thank Mr. Richard M. Rossow for his support and guidance throughout the course of this project.

We owe our gratitude to our partners at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, which includes Dr. Patrick McNamara and his team. We also thank the team at the Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, in particular Ms. Grachelle Javellana, Mr. Karl Adam, and Ms. Anubhooti Arora. Special thanks are also due to the PAS country public affairs officer, Mr. David Kennedy.

We are also indebted to Ms. Heidi Arola at Purdue University for being our sounding board throughout the course of writing this report.

This report would not have been possible without the insights provided by the U.S. higher education leaders and educators who were interviewed as part of the project.

This report is a product of the Partnership 2020: Leveraging US-India Cooperation in Higher Education to Harness Economic Opportunities and Innovation project funded by the U.S. Department of State.