WASHINGTON, June 26 (ANI) — India and the United States held a closed-door roundtable bringing together senior government officials and industry leaders to strengthen cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductor supply chains, and critical minerals, as both countries work to deepen their strategic technology partnership.
In a post on X, the Indian Embassy in the United States highlighted the significance of the meeting, saying, “Securing the foundations of AI together!”
Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary S. Krishnan, and US Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce Bill Guidera addressed a group of Indian and American companies working in semiconductors, critical minerals, and AI during the closed-door roundtable organized by the embassy in collaboration with the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) and the Silverado Policy Accelerator.
The embassy said Additional Secretary (Americas) Nagaraj Naidu from the Ministry of External Affairs, USISPF President Mukesh Aghi, and Deputy Assistant Secretary Christopher Saldana from the US Department of Energy also participated in the discussions.
According to the embassy, the roundtable focused on strengthening the investment environment and expanding bilateral cooperation in AI.
It added that discussions addressed shared barriers to investment, the creation of durable demand signals, and opportunities for collaboration across both frontier and applied AI sectors.
Earlier on June 8, India’s Ambassador to the United States held a series of high-level meetings with global corporate and technology leaders to discuss investment expansion, supply chain resilience, and emerging technologies.
In separate posts on X, Ambassador Kwatra said he met Chris Nicholas, President and CEO of Walmart, to discuss the company’s investments in India, long-term growth plans, and efforts to build resilient supply chains.
He also met Ylli Bajraktari, President and CEO of the Special Competitive Studies Project, to exchange views on advanced technologies including quantum computing and artificial intelligence, ahead of Bajraktari’s visit to New Delhi for the India-US Forum. (ANI)
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