Microsoft founder Bill Gates meets Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI )

Lucknow: Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Friday met UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and assured further collaboration in the health and education sector.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation also signed a MoU with the Regional Virus Research Institute in the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur. Both will work towards eradication of the acute encephalitis syndrome, said principal information secretary Avanish Awasthi.