India and Germany have agreed to work together with focus on artificial intelligence (AI) startups as well as AI research and its application in sustainability and health care.

During a recent meet, the two coutries expressed satisfaction on the ongoing science and technology cooperation between the two countries, which is one of the strategic pillars of the bilateral relationship.

Further, both the countries are now working in frontier areas of science and technology, including electric mobility, cyber physical system, quantum technologies, future manufacturing, green hydrogen fuel, deep ocean research and proposed to develop joint cooperation in these areas. The two countries have already started mapping each other’s strength in areas such as application of AI in sustainability and healthcare.

In addition, Germany has expressed support for the idea to further strengthen bilateral scientific cooperation by partnering in emerging science and technology areas where both Germany and India have strength to work together and serve two societies.