Indo-US ICET deal: India and the United States have enhanced their strategic partnership with the launch of the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies or ICET, the White House said National Security Advisor Ajit Doval during his meeting with his US counterpart Jake Sullivan.
“We are committed to fostering an open, accessible and secure technology ecosystem based on mutual trust and confidence that strengthens our democratic values and democratic institutions,” the White House said in a fact sheet following the conclusion of the ICET inaugural meeting. Will do.” between Doval and Sullivan on Tuesday
The iCET is being launched at the direction of US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who agreed to enhance and expand strategic technology partnerships and defense industrial collaboration between governments, businesses and academic institutions after their Tokyo meeting in May 2022. was announced. two countries.
“The United States and India affirm that the way technology is designed, developed, governed, and used must be shaped by our shared democratic values and respect for universal human rights. We are committed to fostering an open, accessible and secure technology ecosystem based on mutual trust and confidence, which will strengthen our democratic values and democratic institutions.
The meeting with Doval and Sullivan was attended by high-level officials from both sides.
The US delegation included the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Director of the National Science Foundation, the Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, and senior officials from the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense and the National Security Council. ,
The Indian delegation included the Ambassador of India to the United States of America, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Scientific Adviser to the Defense Minister, Director General of Defense Research. and development organizations.
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Senior officials from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the National Security Council Secretariat also participated in the talks.
Both sides discussed opportunities for greater collaboration in critical and emerging technologies, co-development and co-production, and ways to deepen connectivity in our innovation ecosystems.
He noted the importance of establishing “innovation bridges” in key areas, including expos, hackathons and pitch sessions.
The White House said they also identified areas of biotechnology, advanced materials and rare earth processing technology as areas of future cooperation.
“It’s about taking those (existing) kinds of efforts to a different level and that’s going to come first and foremost from President Biden and Prime Minister Modi, from the leader level directly to their national security advisors to our respective bureaucrats.” helps to energize and establishments say that this is a serious business and we need to make sure that we are moving forward and removing the hindrances and hindrances that came in our way in the past because both countries The strategic decision that the ICET has taken is for mutual benefit, in fact for the benefit of the world,” a senior administration official told a group of Indian journalists after the conclusion of the inaugural session of the iCET dialogue.
After the dialogue, a senior administration official said, they expect a faster pace of high-level engagement on the way.
The first category focuses on strengthening the innovation ecosystem in both India and the US.
As part of this, the two countries announced a new invitational arrangement for partnership between the National Science Foundation and Indian science agencies to expand cooperation in a range of areas, including artificial intelligence, quantum technologies and advanced wireless technologies.
It was signed by India’s Principal Scientific Adviser, Director of the National Science Foundation at the White House.
The arrangement also announced the establishment of a joint India-US Quantum Coordinating Mechanism, which will facilitate greater collaboration between leading researchers in the United States and quantum industry players with their counterparts in India.
Noting the high performance of both countries to promote cooperation on high-performance computing, a senior administration official said, “We will accelerate some work to develop common standards and benchmarks for reliable artificial intelligence, related Will work together in the standards and technical standards bodies.” To lower barriers to US exports to India for high-performance computing technologies, including working on high performance.
On the defense side, the ICET announced a new bilateral defense industrial cooperation roadmap aimed at accelerating defense technology cooperation for joint development and production with an initial focus on exploration related to jet engines and other technologies.
The official noted that the United States has received an application from General Electric to jointly produce jet engines that can power jet aircraft operating conditions in India.
He said the US is committed to an expeditious review of that application.
There are other things in the defense bucket, such as launching a new innovation bridge to connect the US and India.
“On semiconductors, the United States welcomes the establishment of the Indian National Semiconductor Commission, notes our shared interest in diversifying semiconductor supply chains globally, as well as the United States to increase the flow of talent between the two countries Your chips are centered with the bill. semiconductor manufacturing and research and development,” the official said.
“We are going to welcome a new task force that has been organized by the US Semiconductor Industry Association in partnership with the India Electronic Semiconductor Association to develop a readiness assessment and look at the United States semiconductor industry for investment Industry opportunities can be identified to collaborate for Indians and there support the national mission.
“They will make recommendations to both our Department of Commerce, which runs the US CHIPS program, as well as India’s Semiconductor Mission.
She will also report to the US FDA commercial dialogue on task force space,” the official said.
“On space, we strengthen our collaboration on human spaceflight by establishing a new exchange to include advanced training for Indian astronauts at the NASA Johnson Space Center, which is very exciting. We are also looking at ways to identify opportunities for cooperation between commercial space actors in both countries, particularly with regard to activities for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services project,” he said.
The Administrator of NASA is scheduled to visit India later this year.
Exciting initiative in higher education as part of ICET where the administration welcomes a task force led by the Association of American Universities to make recommendations for research and university partnerships in consultation with leading Indian universities including Indian institutions with Indian counterparts Doing for Technology official said.
This, he said, the US hopes will lay the groundwork for an expanded presence of US universities in India, greater research exchanges and student exchanges.
Finally, the two sides announced a new public-private dialogue on advanced telecommunications and related regulation, as well as new cooperation on research and development and technologies, the official said.
,With inputs from PTI,
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