US President Joe Biden arrived in India final night to attend the G20 Summit within the nation. Shortly after his arrival, President Biden held a bilateral speak with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the place they mentioned a variety of technological points between the 2 international locations. India and the US on Friday, whereas sharing a imaginative and prescient of safe and trusted telecommunications, resilient provide chains, and world digital inclusion, welcomed the signing of a pact between Bharat 6G Alliance and Subsequent G Alliance, operated by Alliance for Telecommunications Trade Options, as a primary step in direction of deepening public-private cooperation between distributors and operators.
In a joint assertion issued by India and the US after the bilateral discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden, the endeavour in direction of constructing resilient world semiconductor provide chains was re-emphasised.
On this respect, the 2 leaders famous a multi-year initiative of Microchip Know-how, Inc., to take a position roughly $300 million in increasing its analysis and growth presence in India and Superior Micro Gadget’s announcement to take a position $400 million in India over the following 5 years to increase analysis, growth, and engineering operations in India.
President Biden congratulated PM Modi and the scientists and engineers of the Indian Area Analysis Organisation (ISRO) on Chandrayaan-3’s historic touchdown on the south polar area of the Moon, in addition to the profitable launch of India’s first photo voltaic mission, Aditya-L1.
Having set a course to achieve new frontiers throughout all sectors of house cooperation, the leaders welcomed efforts in direction of the institution of a Working Group for industrial house collaboration beneath the present India-US Civil Area Joint Working Group.
“Decided to deepen our partnership in outer house exploration, ISRO and the Nationwide Aeronautics and Area Administration (NASA) have commenced discussions on modalities, capability constructing, and coaching for mounting a joint effort to the Worldwide Area Station in 2024, and are persevering with efforts to finalise a strategic framework for human house flight cooperation by the tip of 2023,” the assertion mentioned.
India and the US additionally intend to extend coordination on planetary defence to guard the Earth and house property from the impression of asteroids and near-Earth objects, together with US assist for India’s participation in asteroid detection and monitoring through the Minor Planet Heart, it added additional.
The leaders expressed satisfaction on the ongoing implementation of bulletins made in June 2023 by US firms, Micron, LAM Analysis, and Utilized Supplies.
They additional acknowledged the setting-up of two joint activity forces focussed on collaboration within the subject of Open RAN and analysis and growth in 5G/6G applied sciences.
A 5G Open RAN pilot in a number one Indian telecom operator can be undertaken by a US Open RAN producer earlier than subject deployment. The pact was signed within the presence of Modi and Biden.
The 2 leaders reaffirmed expertise’s defining function in deepening their strategic partnership and lauded ongoing efforts by way of the India-US Initiative on Vital and Rising Know-how (iCET) to construct open, accessible, safe, and resilient expertise ecosystems and worth chains, based mostly on mutual confidence and belief, which reinforce shared values and democratic establishments.
The US and India intend to undertake a midterm evaluate of iCET in September to proceed to drive momentum towards the following annual iCET evaluate, co-led by the Nationwide Safety Advisors of each international locations, in early 2024, the assertion added.
–Written with inputs from IANS
