New Delhi, October 12 (IANS). The government has said that India and the US are working together to expand strategic technology partnership and collaborate on emerging technologies such as AI and smart connected cities.
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said this while presenting the India-America Endowment Awards to 17 winning teams.
At the awards ceremony, the winning teams were directed to work together primarily for the development of AI-enabled technology and quantum technologies.
Speaking at the US-India Science and Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF) awards ceremony here, Dr. Singh said that as a part of the US-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (ICET), there is a need to build a strong innovation ecosystem. New implementing agreements have been signed between science agencies to expand international cooperation in various areas. During this, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti was also present.
“As a result of the DST-National Science Foundation joint appeal, 11 high-level proposals have been approved in the areas of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Cyber-Physical Systems and Secure and Trusted Cyberspace,” the Minister said.
India and the US are at a critical juncture in the development of technologies such as AI, advanced manufacturing, blockchain, green energy and quantum computing for the future and are gearing up for one of the biggest technology transformations of the century.
Dr Singh said the government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “enabling innovation with recent reforms like removing barriers through initiatives like design-linked incentives for semiconductors, PLI schemes for automobiles, drone policy and faceless assessment.” Creating an ecosystem.”
In the year 2014, there were 350 startups, which increased to more than 1,40,000 startups.
The minister pointed out that India has more than 110 unicorns, of which 23 have emerged in the last year alone, indicating India’s rapid progress on the STI (Science, Technology and Innovation) ladder.
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