Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, MoS (I/C) for Earth Sciences, MoS PMO, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, has emphasised on artificial intelligence (AI) enabled collaboration between India and the United States of America (USA).
As per him, the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India and USA are working together to elevate and expand Indo-US strategic technology partnership and to connect scientists from both countries to collaborate on emerging technologies such as AI and smart connected cities. India and the US are at the pivotal point with the technologies shaping up for the future like advanced manufacturing, block chain, green energy, and quantum computing, getting ready to make one of the biggest technology transformations of the century.
He mentioned that government of India is creating an enabling innovation ecosystem with recent reforms like design linked incentives for semiconductors, product-linked incentives (PLI) schemes for automobiles, drone policy and removing barriers through initiatives like faceless assessment.
He also stated that advancing the research and innovation value chain and fostering the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in young minds has witnessed a phenomenal growth in India, as evident from start-up ecosystem gathering speed, scale and momentum. From 350 odd start-ups in 2014, the number swelled to over 1,40,000 start-ups. India is also home to over 110 unicorns where 23 of them emerged only last year, which is a sign of India’s rapid upward ride on science, technology and innovation ladder.
Commenting on this, Singh said, “I am happy to say that as a part of US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET), new implementing agreements have been executed between the science agencies to expand international collaboration in a range of areas to build a robust innovation ecosystem. The DST – National Science Foundation joint call in areas of computer and information science and engineering, cyber-physical systems, and secure and trustworthy cyberspace has resulted in award of 11 high pitch proposals.”
Meanwhile, Rakesh Goyal, chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD), Infinity Labs Limited, said, “We are thrilled to collaborate with Vi Business in this significant endeavor. This strategic partnership marks a significant step forward in our mission to provide cutting-edge Al-based network solutions. Together, we will empower Indian enterprises with an Al-based Secure SD-WAN solution that not only meets their growing business needs but is also locally developed.”
In addition, Singh congratulated all 17 winning teams who have been given the opportunity to work together to develop AI-enabled technologies, decision support system, GPT-powered AI, development of technologies for quantum communication, robust quantum sensors under themes of AI and quantum technologies.
