HIGHER EDUCATION Higher Education has achieved significant success in the first year of the initiative. SCHOOLS 11 cluster partnerships established, linking 44 schools in the UK with 67 schools in India. POLICY DIALOGUE Collaborative Delivery and Transnational Education: A Conference in Hyderabad August 2007 Home HE PTS Schools CPD Policy Dialogue UKIERI 'Engage' is an effort to reach out to the academic community in the UK and India with recent updates under the UK-India Education and Research Initiative. This issue highlights activities and achievements in year one under all strands. Going ahead, we will try to provide information on topics of relevance, as identified by you. Look forward to your continued support to the initiative!   Malyaj Varmani   Programme Manager – Education (UKIERI) “I believe UKIERI has created an excitement in universities and institutions and schools and colleges and I want therefore to thank the Indian Government, the British and Indian businesses, who have been involved in this scheme”.   Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister at UKIERI awards ceremony   Achievements in Year One   The key highlights of the year include: 6 Major Research Awards 24 Standard Research Awards 10 PhD Scholarships 26 Research Fellowships 7 Collaborative Programme Delivery (CPD) Awards 88 Travel Grants under the Higher Education Strand 11 Cluster School Partnerships 3 Linkages under the Professional and Technical Skills Strand 25 Events to Support All Activities     Message UKIERI is a unique partnership which brings together a wide range of stakeholders and institutions in both countries to increase collaboration opportunities between the UK and India. The initiative has done tremendously well in the first year by creating 190 new Indo-UK institutional links and securing active participation and respect from the Indian Government. At the core of this success to date are the successful institutional collaborations which many of you have contributed towards. Thank you very much for your support. I wish the programme every success in future!   Rod Pryde, Regional Director, British Council, India and Sri Lanka   http://www.ukieri.org/