The Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) program was conceptualized by over 150 leaders of engineering education and businesses from US and India in 2007  to help create good quality engineering talent in order to find solutions to the global challenges facing humanity such as energy, environment, health and communications.

IUCEE is aiming  is to build a solid base for engineering education and research by strengthening the four pillars of education:

1. learner-centric teaching
2. research excellence
3. outcomes based quality supported by accreditation
4. innovation and entrepreneurship

"Scientists study the world as it is;
engineers create the world that has never been."

Theodore Von Karman