HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has expressed keeness to forge an alliance with leading varsities of United States of America in shaping the structure of the proposed 14 innovation Universities in India. <br/> <br/>Mr Sibal , who is on a week-long visit to the US, told PTI, he hopes that India can forge alliances with one or two top universities in the United States for the architecture of one or two innovation universities. <br/> <br/>He said he would visit reputed universities in the US, including Harvard, Yale, George Washington and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and discuss on partnership and collaboration with elite Indian institutions.<br/> <br/>The HRD Ministry has decided to set up 14 innovation universities in the XIth Five Year Plan to push research and development.<br/>