Pence, Jaishankar To Address Summit On India-US Ties

Vice President Mike Pence and India’s Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will ship a significant addresses on India-US relationship throughout a digital management summit that may focus on enhancing financial and strategic collaboration between the 2 nations.

Titled ”US-India Week: Navigating New Challenges”, the summit is being organized by enterprise advocacy group US India Strategic and Partnership Discussion board (USISPF) from August 31- September 3, PTI Reported .

“We’re honored and delighted to have Vice President Pence be a part of us for our summit — an distinctive occasion of the deepening dedication of the administration in direction of India and the Indo-Pacific area,” USISPF president Mukesh Aghi mentioned on Tuesday.

“At a time of super geo-economic and geo-political disruption, lots is driving on the success and vitality of the US-India bilateral relationship,” he mentioned.

The week-long third management summit of USISPF will focus on enhancing financial and strategic collaboration between the US and India throughout a transformative interval for the worldwide economic system.

“Our week-long dialog in the course of the US-India week highlights the depth and breadth of the partnership in addition to the urgency to construct a powerful structure for the bilateral ties by constantly constructing on present areas of collaboration — from protection to vitality, agriculture and healthcare — but additionally with a watch in direction of the longer term to deepen collaboration in areas equivalent to biosecurity, 5G, synthetic intelligence, and startups,” Aghi mentioned.

Different high-ranking US and Indian authorities officers taking part on the management summit embody: Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Trade; Kenneth Juster, US Ambassador to India, and his Indian counterpart Taranjit Singh Sandhu; and Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog.

Adam Boehler, CEO, US Worldwide Growth Finance Company; Dr. Indu Bhushan, CEO, Ayushman Bharat; Neil Chatterjee, Chairman, Federal Power Regulatory Fee; Dr R A Mashelkar, Chairman, Nationwide Innovation Basis; and Dr Ok V Subramanian, Chief Financial Advisor are additionally scheduled to deal with the summit.

The summit will spotlight areas of bilateral cooperation: commerce and funding; strategic vitality ties; India’s place in international provide chains, collaboration in fintech, healthcare, and know-how, the media launch mentioned.