recommendations, in February 2015, MIT President L. Rafael Reif announced a significant expansion of MIT's programs in learning research and online and digital education — from pre-kindergarten through higher education to lifelong learning. In this announcement, Sarma was appointed vice president for Open Learning, where he now leads the Office of Open Learning which oversees MIT's digital learning initiatives like MITx and MIT OpenCourseWare, as well as new programs launched under Sarma's leadership including the MicroMasters Program, the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MTili) and Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL). Sarma's new book Grasp explores how to reinvent education based on his extensive experience on digital education and open learning. References External links MIT profile MIT Office of Open Learning Sanjay Sarma's website Living people 1968 births Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering alumni IIT Kanpur alumni Indian expatriates in the United States Indian mechanical engineers MIT School of Engineering faculty Radio-frequency identification UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni