August 12, 2005: Headlines: Directors - Celeste: University Administration: CalTrade Report: Richard Celeste, and Abid Hussain, India's former ambassador to the US - recommend a number of measures to strengthen the emerging US-India partnership
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August 12, 2005: Headlines: Directors - Celeste: University Administration: CalTrade Report: Richard Celeste, and Abid Hussain, India's former ambassador to the US - recommend a number of measures to strengthen the emerging US-India partnership
Richard Celeste, and Abid Hussain, India's former ambassador to the US - recommend a number of measures to strengthen the emerging US-India partnership
The new study found that "decades of suspicion are giving way to improved strategic relations facilitated by a number of factors" such as India's "long-standing commitment" to education and science; the opening of the Indian economy to global competition; the migration of influential and entrepreneurial Indians to the US, especially the West Coast; and the global effects of the revolution in information technology. Richard Celeste served as the 9th director of the Peace Corps after his appointment by President Carter. He has also served as Governor of Ohio, Ambassador to India, and President of Colorado College since 2002.
Richard Celeste, and Abid Hussain, India's former ambassador to the US - recommend a number of measures to strengthen the emerging US-India partnership
US, India Connection Examined in First-Ever Report
New joint study aims to dispel ''decades of suspicion,'' say research groups
LOS ANGELES - 08/12/05 - For the first time, US -India relations have been examined by a joint task force of noted research organizations from both countries - the West Coast's Pacific Council on International Policy and India's Observer Research Foundation.
The new study found that "decades of suspicion are giving way to improved strategic relations facilitated by a number of factors" such as India's "long-standing commitment" to education and science; the opening of the Indian economy to global competition; the migration of influential and entrepreneurial Indians to the US, especially the West Coast; and the global effects of the revolution in information technology.
On sensitive geopolitical issues, the study found that the expansion of US-India economic and cultural ties "has led to increased cooperation over security issues that have proved difficult in the past."
Cultural engagement, driven by Indian migration to the US and an explosion of Indian cinema and music, it found, "has improved geopolitical relations, according to study findings."
Currently, "Bollywood" - Bombay, India's home-grown mirror image of the Hollywood movie machine - produces more than a thousand movies a year in nearly 40 languages and dialects with annual revenues of more than $1 billion last year.
The study also found American concerns regarding the loss of jobs in software and information technology hardware companies to lower-cost firms in India are "unfounded."
The mutual benefits of business relations between the US and India, the report said, "far outweigh the costs thought to accompany the outsourcing practices of American businesses."
However, "to ensure an even playing field," the study calls for "common standards for skilled professionals in both countries and continuing regulatory reform in India."
The report - authored by former US Ambassador to India and Ohio Governor Richard Celeste, and Abid Hussain, India's former ambassador to the US - recommends a number of measures to strengthen the emerging US-India partnership.
They include expanding commerce between the two nations; promoting cooperation in science and technology; strengthening cooperation in healthcare and education; and removing barriers to strategic cooperation, particularly in the area of technology development.
The pair also recommend "building new constituencies through culture and Indian migration to deepen mutual understanding."
According to Pacific Council Board Co-chairman and former US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, "burgeoning trade and technology ties" exist between Bangalore and California's Silicon Valley, and Hollywood and 'Bollywood.'
"The Pacific Council undertook this study to increase our understanding of and to strengthen relations between India and the US," said Christopher. "We did so because Indian Americans are playing an increasingly a prominent role in California and the Pacific Northwest."
Founded in 1995 and based in Los Angeles, the 1.290-member Pacific Council on International Policy is an independent, not-for-profit, international leadership forum that operates in cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations and the University of Southern California.
The entire US-India report is available at www.pacificcouncil.org.
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