1.11. Education and Culture

♤ Cooperation in education sector has been made an integral part of the strategic partnership between the two countries.

♤ Since 2008, India became an equal partner in the financial support of the Fulbright Program in India. All awards in India are now titled Fulbright-Nehru fellowships, with enhanced mandate and joint funding, to provide more student and scholar exchange grants. India now has the largest U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program in the world with nearly 200 awards annually.