Ambassador Nirupama Rao met with a group of American China Scholars from the National Committee on United States-China Relations Public Intellectuals Program (PIP) at the Indian Embassy on 6 December 2012, and had an interactive briefing session on developments in the India-US strategic partnership and on India-China relations. Scholars and academicians on the program are drawn from key universities and colleges across the United States. Ambassador Rao had earlier hosted participants of the PIP program at the Indian Embassy in Beijing in 2007 and 2009 during her tenure as Ambassador of India to China.