washington an initiative is being launched here to foster greater engagements in the field of research education and innovation between the united states and indiathe usindia knowledge exchange an initiative of market entry specialist sannam s4 and the usindia strategic partnership forum usispf will convene the leading minds from the two countries in academia innovation public policy private sector and nonprofit organisations the purpose of the initiative is to facilitate greater cooperation and collaboration on a range of significant and mutuallystrategic initiatives to the benefit of both nations a media release saidthe exchange envisions playing a valuable role in supporting these goals usispf president mukesh aghi envisioned it to perform a role in matching demand for expertise in sectors such as healthcare agriculture technology innovation education and skills development with the expertise and funding available to address these needsamong the universities to be part of it include yale university virginia tech georgetown university stanford university cornell university duke university boston college university of california berkeley university of pennsylvania and university of pittsburgh some of the prominent thinktanks part of the exchange are atlantic council american council on education and center for strategic and international studies csisthe exchange to be launched later today will serve as the preeminent platform for us and indian organisations who are committed to fostering greater engagements between the two countries in areas of research education and innovation said adrian mutton founder and ceo of sannam s4established in 2008 sannam s4 partners with the worlds leading education institutions corporates globallyambitious small and mediumsized companies nonprofit trade bodies and government agencies to enable these organisations to successfully explore enter and expand into dynamic highgrowth markets throughout the world