Linking culture to prosperity of the human race by making culture vibrant and prosperity sustainable”, is the objective with which the RIWATCH has been conducting academic research since it became functional in 2010, said its executive director Vijay Swami. It has collaborated with Dibrugarh University, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa and Mariland University for in-depth research in that direction and a group of 15 students led by two professors from the University of South Florida was in RIWATCH for 21 days in May last on an international study abroad, he disclosed. The USF has accepted the RIWATCH proposal to send the same number of students abroad and to convert the international study abroad to an exchange programme, Swami disclosed.