U.S. Diplomat visits Andhra University, touts U.S.-India technology initiative

Visakhapatnam  – A diplomat from the U.S. Consulate in Hyderabad visited Andhra University to lead a discussion on U.S.-India tech collaboration. An audience of more than 60 scholars, students, and administrators attended the event, which explored how the United States and India can work together through the recently established initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET).

“Few global issues are as critical as emerging technology and few relationships are as important as the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership,” said Sean Ruthe, Political-Economic Chief, U.S. Consulate General Hyderabad. “So it’s natural that our two countries would team up to harness the potential of new and emerging technologies to bolster peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.”

President Biden and Prime Minister Modi announced the U.S.-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) in May 2022 to elevate and expand the strategic technology partnership and defense industrial cooperation between the governments, businesses, and academic institutions of the United States and India. In January, the National Security Advisors of the United States and India met in Washington, DC to discuss opportunities for greater cooperation in critical and emerging technologies, co-development and coproduction, and ways to deepen connectivity across U.S. and Indian innovation ecosystems.

Monday’s discussion took place at the American Corner in Visakhapatnam. Hosted by Andhra University, the American Corner provides a space where Americans and Indians in Visakhapatnam can gather to discuss important political, economic, cultural, educational, and social trends in the United States and how those developments are shaping the U.S.-India partnership.