IIT Kanpur's Delegation including Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Director IIT Kanpur; Prof. Dhirendra S. Katti, Dean of International Relations, Prof. Ashish Garg, Prof. Sandeep Verma and Mr. Kapil Kaul met with the leadership of Rice University including Prof. Reginald DesRoches, President Rice University, Prof. Caroline Levander, Vice President for Global, Prof. Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Executive Vice President for Research, Prof. Seiichi Matsuda, Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral studies and Prof. Luay Nakhleh, Dean of Engineering and discussed the ongoing collaborations and the way forward for the IITK-Rice partnership. Prof. Antonios Mikos and Prof. Gang Bao from Rice University, were also invited for the inauguration of the Mehta Family Centre for Engineering in Medicine as lead speakers for the inaugural symposium thereby fortifying the IITK collaboration and nurturing a stronger academic alliance.