Why in news?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the U.S. is likely to deepen bilateral ties in multiple strategic areas
What are the areas of Indo-US Scientific cooperation?
- Partnership to Advance Clean Energy.
- Joint participation in mega projects in the areas of fundamental science.
- High Intensity Superconducting Proton Accelerator.
- The Thirty Meter Telescope.
- The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory.
- The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar Mission.
What areas of Governance India needs to learn from US?
- The science, technology and innovation (STI) landscape in the U.S.
- Science administration of American federal agencies such as:
- The National Institutes of Health,
- The Department of Energy.
- The National Science Foundation.
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture.
How the ties can be strengthen?
- A database of U.S.-based inventors, their inventions and technologies relevant to India needs to be created.
- The collaborative partnerships and student exchange programmes between research institutions and universities need to be strengthened at various levels
- Joint incubators, to enable Indian start-ups to introduce products in the U.S. market.
- To facilitate U.S.-based start-ups to enter India with inflow of technologies and best business practices should be set up.
Quick fact
What are the ongoing Indo-US entrepreneurship initiatives?
- U.S.-India Science and Technology Endowment Fund - For the promotion of joint activities that would lead to innovation and entrepreneurship through the application of science and technology.
- The Stanford-India Bio design Programme - It is a research and training collaboration for bio technology.
- The Khorana Technology Transfer programme - This enables Indian and US university students to work and study in the partner country's research laboratories.
Source: The Hindu
