New Delhi, Nov. 21 -- Top UK university University College London (UCL) is looking to significantly expand its footprint in India through long-term research partnerships, joint degrees and more staff-student exchanges with leading Indian institutions, including IIT Delhi, AIIMS and IISc Bengaluru.

In an interview with ANI, UCL Vice-Provost for Research, Innovation and Global Engagement Professor Geraint Rees, who is visiting here, said India's rapidly advancing research landscape has created strong complementarities with UCL.

"India is an advanced economy. The research capability of Indian institutions has really come up recently, and is very high quality...Their work in areas like advanced therapies for cancer, AI and quantum technolog...