Prime Minister Narendra Modi with exertion manufacture leaders successful New York, US. (Photo: X/@NarendraModi)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is connected a three-day sojourn to the United States, held a roundtable gathering with exertion manufacture leaders, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, wherever the erstwhile encouraged them to instrumentality vantage of India’s maturation communicative for collaboration and innovation.
The gathering entailed discussions connected cutting-edge areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and quantum computing; biotechnology and beingness sciences; computing, IT and communication; and semiconductor technologies, according to a connection released by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), PM Modi wrote: “Had a fruitful roundtable with tech CEOs successful New York, discussing aspects relating to technology, innovation and more. Also highlighted the strides made by India successful this field. I americium gladsome to spot immense optimism towards India.”
Had a fruitful roundtable with tech CEOs successful New York, discussing aspects relating to technology, innovation and more. Also highlighted the strides made by India successful this field. I americium gladsome to spot immense optimism towards India. pic.twitter.com/qW3sZ4fv3t
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 23, 2024
Thanking the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), School of Engineering and its Dean for bringing the tech-leaders together, PM Modi highlighted that exertion collaboration and efforts specified arsenic the Initiative connected Critical and Emerging Technologies [ICET] prevarication astatine the halfway of the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, the merchandise stated.
He besides assured the concern leaders of the country’s heavy committedness to extortion of intelligence spot and to fostering tech-innovation, MEA stated. “They tin co-develop, co-design, and co-produce successful India for the world, harnessing the opportunities from India’s economical and technological growth,” helium stated.
Further highlighting the economical translation occurring successful India, the PM said his authorities was committed to making India a planetary hub of semiconductor manufacturing.
According to the release, helium besides dwelt connected India’s BIO E3 argumentation to make India into a biotech powerhouse. On Artificial Intelligence (AI), Modi noted that India’s argumentation is to beforehand AI for All, underpinned by its ethical and liable use.
The CEOs, arsenic per the statement, expressed their beardown involvement successful investing and collaborating with India, emphasising that “investing successful startups would beryllium a synergistic accidental to innovate and make newer technologies successful India.”
CEOs from Accenture (Julie Sweet), Adobe (Shantanu Narayen), Google, HP Inc. (Enrique Lores), AMD (Lisa Su), Biogen Inc. (Chris Viehbacher), Bristol Myers Squibb (Chris Boerner), Eli Lilly and Company (David A. Ricks), IBM (Arvind Krishna), LAM Research (Tim Archer), Moderna (Noubar Afeyan), Verizon (Hans Vestberg), Global Foundaries (Thomas Caulfield), NVIDIA (Jensen Huang), and Kyndryl (Martin Schroeter) attended the meet.
On the past time of his visit, Modi volition code the ‘Summit of the Future’ astatine the United Nations General Assembly successful New York, the MEA said.