Is Carnegie Mellon the only American university participating in such large-scale and commercial ventures outside the US?
No. Many American universities are sought after by corporations and governments seeking collaboration for their expertise. While other US universities have been charging foreign governments and corporations millions of dollars for their expertise and collaboration, CMU, because of our perseverance has agreed to come forward to work as partners with DoT and Indian educational institutions free of any technology transfer costs. Recently, Massachusetts Institute of Technology signed an agreement with the UK government and Cambridge University to collaborate to develop technologies, products and companies to improve the productivity and competitiveness of British manufacturing industries. The UK government is paying US $ 108 million for this collaboration, in addition to the US $ 27 million that it would raise from UK industries. Even some east Asian countries are paying US universities tens of millions of dollars requisitioning their services in technology. While there are a few US univer
