Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET)

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1-Feb-2023: Critical and Emerging Technologies Dialogue

India’s National Security Advisor hold talks with the US counterpart on the first dialogue on Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) in the US.

Completion of the long-awaited NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) earth observation satellite is an excellent example of how the US-India partnership in space field.

Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) Initiative

  • Launched by India and the US in May 2022
  • Run by the National Security Councils of both countries
  • Areas of cooperation:
    • Scientific research and development
    • Quantum and artificial intelligence
    • Defense innovation
    • Space
    • Advanced telecom (6G, semiconductors)
  • India is ready to share core technologies with US and expects same from US
  • Forges closer linkages between government, academia, and industry of both countries
  • Objective is to provide cutting edge technologies to rest of the world

Significance of iCET Initiative

  • Alignment of strategic, commercial, and scientific approaches in technology
  • Seen as providing affordable cutting edge technologies to the world
  • Expected to forge closer linkages between government, academia, and industry of both countries
  • Likely to be mirrored in Quad and expanded to NATO, Europe, and the rest of the world

National Security Advisor (NSA)

  • Formed in 1998
  • Primary advisor to the Prime Minister of India
  • Current NSA is Ajit Doval
  • Presides over the National Security Council (NSC). NSC oversees political, economic, energy, and security issues of strategic concern. Operates within the executive office of the PM, liaising between the government's executive branch and intelligence services.