Ajit Doval, US NSA Jake Sullivan address industry roundtable on technology

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NSA Ajit Doval, US NSA Jake Sullivan address industry roundtable on technology


The roundtable was held a day after the second meeting of the India-US initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology. India and the US must remain at the forefront of technology as part of their larger strategic interest and to protect and defend their value systems, National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval told an industry roundtable focused on critical and emerging technologies on Tuesday.

Doval and his American counterpart Jake Sullivan addressed the industry roundtable of CEOs and thought leaders, held as part of efforts to mobilise private sector investment and partnerships in strategic technology sectors, a day after co-chairing the second meeting of the India-US initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET).

Sullivan is the first senior official of the Biden administration to visit India following the formation of a new coalition government and the iCET meeting agreed on the next steps in the strategic technology partnership and pledged to remove long-standing barriers to strategic trade.

“The US and India have got to remain at the forefront of technology in case we need to protect and defend our value systems and it is part of a larger strategic interest,” Doval told the roundtable organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and held behind closed doors.

He highlighted the role of industry in technology and the progress iCET has made since its inception in January 2023, saying, "As per the CII statement, iCET has achieved more than we ever imagined." said on the Innovation Roadmap in Defence and Startups and highlighted the importance of the semiconductor industry.

Sullivan pointed out three key areas of technology partnerships: innovation, production and deployment. He stressed the need for government support to the private sector in the critical area of ​​innovation.

There is bipartisan support for Indian industry in the US and building ecosystems and supply chains is key to production, he said.

Doval and Sullivan welcomed industry communications focused on specific issues and assured private industry that due diligence would be done to remove impediments impeding a deeper and closer India-US relationship.

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