iCET MEETING
National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval and his U.S. counterpart, Jake Sullivan, who is on a two-day visit to India, on Monday resolved to prevent the “leakage” of sensitive and dual-use technologies to countries of “concern”.
They chaired the second meeting of the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET).
ABOUT iCET
United States–India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology, or iCET, is a collaborative framework established by the United States and India to enhance cooperation in developing fields of technology.
WHEN WAS IT LAUNCHED?
In May 2022, United States President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi jointly unveiled the iCET.
Subsequently, on January 31, 2023, the inaugural iCET meeting took place in Washington, D.C., led by the respective National Security Advisors of both countries.
AREAS OF COOPERATION
- Artificial Intelligence
- Exploration & trade of Critical Minerals
- Defence Industrial Cooperation, Defence Technology Cooperation & Defence Startups.
- Resilient Semiconductor Supply Chains
- Space
- Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM)
- Next Gen Telecommunications
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