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    Op-Ed                                                                     MAY 08, 2026     |  The Indian Eye 16

                    Turning Research into

                        Real-World Solutions

                    The IIT Kanpur-NYU Tandon School of Engineering partnership shows

               how joint research in emerging technologies is moving from lab to deployment

                                          while strengthening U.S.-India collaboration.

                 BY ZAHOOR HUSSAIN BHAT

             SPAN Magazine, U.S. Embassy New
                          Delhi
                  s universities deepen cooper-
                  ation in advanced technolo-
            Agies, academic partnerships
            are increasingly focusing not only on
            shared research output but  also  on
            how effectively they translate ideas
            into deployable solutions.
                The   collaboration  between
            the  Indian Institute of Technology
            Kanpur (IITK)  and New York Uni-
            versity (NYU) Tandon School of En-
            gineering  reflects this shift, bringing
            together joint research across cy-
            bersecurity, biotechnology, artificial
            intelligence, robotics, and wireless
            communications.
               “We launched seven joint re-
            search projects within the first year
            of  the  formal  agreement,  which  is
            exceptionally fast for this kind of
            partnership,”  says  Juan  de  Pab-
            lo, Executive Dean of the NYU Tan-
            don School of Engineering and  Ex-
            ecutive  Vice  President for Global
            Science and Technology. “The NYU                                  The CBE Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering
            Tandon-IITK Advanced Research
            Centre at IITK gives the collabo-
            ration a permanent home. And our                                                                      ture, and research ecosystems.
            doctoral dual-degree program is                                                                          “Partnerships like this work be-
            training researchers with genuine in-                                                                 cause  both institutions bring  some-
            stitutional ties on both sides.”                                                                      thing unique to the table,” says Pro-
                The collaboration began in 2016                                                                   fessor Manindra Agrawal, director
            when the NYU Tandon Cyber Se-                                                                         of IIT Kanpur. “In India, we have
            curity Awareness Week expanded                                                                        access to a vast pool of engineering
            to India, with IIT Kanpur hosting                                                                     talent, and recent developments in
            the competition.  This  initial  en-                                                                  fields such as biotechnology, health
            gagement laid the foundation for                                                                      care, and space  technology  have
            a  broader,  multidomain  research                                                                    demonstrated that India leads in the
            partnership, with a memorandum                                                                        development of low-cost solutions
            of understanding to engage in joint                                                                   to  global  problems.”  U.S.  universi-
            research on critical areas signed in                                                                  ties, on the other hand, have good
            2023.                                                                                                 research infrastructure and access to
                The sustained collaboration is                                                                    significant  research  funding.  “This
            built on complementary institutional       Dr. Manindra Agrawal                Juan de Pablo          complementarity in strengths is what
            strengths across talent, infrastruc-                                                                         Continued on next page... >>

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