Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies – iCET

National Security Advisor of India and his American counterpart to launch the US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET).

• The US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) is a platform to accelerate strategic convergence and policy alignment.
• iCET aims to elevate and expand the strategic technology partnership and defence industrial cooperation between the 2 countries.
• This initiative was unveiled by President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 2022 Quad Leaders’ Summit in Tokyo.
• The iCET will be spearheaded by the National Security Council of both the United States and India.
• The iCET is expected to remove barriers in technology transfers and co-production in the areas of critical and emerging technologies

The next iCET meeting will take place in New Delhi in late 2023.

• They also signed a new Implementation Arrangement for a Research Agency Partnership between the National Science Foundation and Indian science agencies.
• It helps to expand collaboration in a wide range of areas and to build a robust innovation ecosystem between the 2 countries.