<p>Khosla, an IIT Kharagpur alumnus has been selected to join the Council on Competitiveness -- a select group of corporate CEOs, university presidents and labour leaders to evaluate economic challenges and guide American competitiveness in this globalised world. </p>.<p>"An internationally recognised authority on robotics, embedded systems, technology education, innovation and cyber security, Carnegie Mellon's Pradeep K Khosla is an outstanding addition to our newly formed Technology Leadership Strategy Initiative," said Deborah Wince-Smith, president of the Washington, DC-based council.</p>.<p>He was also recently appointed for a second five year term as dean of the prestigious Carnegie Institute of technology, in recognition of his leadership in research and education initiatives both within the university and internationally.</p>.<p>He will join an elite group of academic researchers and business leaders tapped to serve for the next three years on the Technology Leadership Strategy Initiative (TLSI), a collaborative effort designed to chart the most promising frontiers of technology and competitive advantage arenas for the United States. <br /></p>.<p>The council estimates that technology jobs are growing five times faster than any other jobs worldwide, and 90 per cent of the fastest-growing jobs in America require post-secondary education. Khosla is founding director of Carnegie Mellon CyLab, one of the largest university-based cyber security research and education centers in the world.</p>.<p>The new initiative will be co-chaired by Ray Johnson, senior vice president and chief technology officer for Lockheed Martin Corp, and Mark Little, senior vice president and director of GE Global Research.</p>
<p>Khosla, an IIT Kharagpur alumnus has been selected to join the Council on Competitiveness -- a select group of corporate CEOs, university presidents and labour leaders to evaluate economic challenges and guide American competitiveness in this globalised world. </p>.<p>"An internationally recognised authority on robotics, embedded systems, technology education, innovation and cyber security, Carnegie Mellon's Pradeep K Khosla is an outstanding addition to our newly formed Technology Leadership Strategy Initiative," said Deborah Wince-Smith, president of the Washington, DC-based council.</p>.<p>He was also recently appointed for a second five year term as dean of the prestigious Carnegie Institute of technology, in recognition of his leadership in research and education initiatives both within the university and internationally.</p>.<p>He will join an elite group of academic researchers and business leaders tapped to serve for the next three years on the Technology Leadership Strategy Initiative (TLSI), a collaborative effort designed to chart the most promising frontiers of technology and competitive advantage arenas for the United States. <br /></p>.<p>The council estimates that technology jobs are growing five times faster than any other jobs worldwide, and 90 per cent of the fastest-growing jobs in America require post-secondary education. Khosla is founding director of Carnegie Mellon CyLab, one of the largest university-based cyber security research and education centers in the world.</p>.<p>The new initiative will be co-chaired by Ray Johnson, senior vice president and chief technology officer for Lockheed Martin Corp, and Mark Little, senior vice president and director of GE Global Research.</p>
