On February 6, ORF America and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Renewing American Innovation project co-hosted a private roundtable with representatives from government and industry as well as policy experts to assess the current state of the U.S.-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) and discuss how the initiative's next iteration should tackle issues and facilitate progress for different stakeholders in the relationship.

Participants shared information on opportunities and challenges covering ongoing investment and programming initiatives, policy engagements, supply chain management, talent skilling, and R&D cooperation, for semiconductors, telecommunications, IT services, and STEM research collaboration between the United States and India. The conversation also included analysis of India’s emerging technology strategy and a rundown of U.S. government strategic cooperation.