PM Modi attends 'fruitful' tech CEOs roundtable in New York

New York, Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated successful a "fruitful" roundtable with the CEOs of starring American tech companies, wherever helium emphasised India's maturation prospects and discussed initiatives to foster bilateral collaborations crossed assorted sectors. The gathering took spot astatine the Lotte New York Palace Hotel connected Sunday during the 2nd limb of Modi's three-day US visit. It saw the information of CEOs of 15 large US-based firms moving connected cutting-edge technologies specified arsenic AI, quantum computing and semiconductors.

"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," Modi said successful a station connected X.

During the conference, Modi said 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, according to a Ministry of External Affairs property release.

The premier curate stressed that successful his 3rd term, India volition marque each effort to go the 3rd largest system successful the world, and encouraged the companies to instrumentality vantage of India's maturation communicative for collaboration and innovation.

"They tin co-develop, co-design, and co-produce successful India for the world, harnessing the opportunities from India's economical and technological growth," the property merchandise said.

Organised by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Engineering, the CEOs of apical US tech firms, including Google CEO Pichai, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayena, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang attended the conference.

Others who participated successful the roundtable see AMD CEO Lisa Su, HP Inc. CEO Enrique Lores, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, Dr Noubar Afeyan, Chairman of Moderna, and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg.

Assuring the concern leaders of India's heavy committedness to the extortion of intelligence spot and to fostering tech innovation, Modi highlighted the economical translation happening successful the country, peculiarly successful electronics and accusation exertion manufacturing and semiconductors.

Modi asserted that his authorities was committed to making India a "global hub of semiconductor manufacturing".

He besides talked astir India's BIO E3 (biotechnology for environment, system and employment) argumentation to make the state into a biotech powerhouse and connected the taxable of AI, noted that India's argumentation is to beforehand AI for All, underpinned by its ethical and liable use.

The CEOs appreciated India's increasing prominence arsenic a planetary exertion hub, driven by its innovation-friendly policies and flourishing marketplace opportunities. They besides expressed beardown involvement successful investing and collaborating with India, agreeing that investing successful startups would beryllium a synergistic accidental to innovate and make newer technologies successful the country.

Others who attended the league see Biogen Inc CEO Chris Viehbacher, CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb, Chris Boerner, Eli Lilly and Company CEO David A. Ricks, LAM Research CEO Tim Archer, GlobalFoundries CEO Thomas Caulfield, and the CEO of Kyndryl, Martin Schroeter.