coimbatore the us will help india to face the challenge of educating over half a million young men and women below the age of 25 us consulgeneral andrew t simkin said here on saturday delivering graduation day address at the psg institute of management here simkin said education is one of the core areas in which the us has something to offer to india stressing the need for more collaboration between educational institutions in the two countries he hailed indias move to open up the higher education sector to foreign universities calling for expanding higher education cooperation between the two countries through increased exchanges and greater academic collaborations simkin said india can do more in the field by enhancing the role of private sector according to him collaborations and exchanges will create goodwill not only among the two countries but also among the people collaborations will help the young generation in understanding the similarities shared values and ideals that exist between the two largest democracies in the world he said quoting president barack obama simkin termed usindia relations as one of the most defining partnerships of the 21st century lauding the joint initiatives launched by both the countries in strengthening scholarship and research in different subjects he urged the student community to achieve the larger goal of building up a knowledge society he also wanted the students to share their experiences with future peers employees and employers he also appealed the faculty members from us institutions who teach in india to share their experiences and memories from india with their colleagues on their return twenty years ago no one could predict faculty from ohio would be teaching in south india it is quite amazing he said as many as 180 graduates received their degrees at the function among them 77 students were from an mba programme offered in collaboration with university of toledo in the us