Winning the AI Race with Research Talent
Much of the top talent in Silicon Valley is of Indian origin. India must bring at least some of them back and provide necessary research ecosystem to flourish.
Projects
Technology and Society
About the Project
This program focuses on five sets of imperatives:
- Data: on all issues related to data governance, privacy, cross-border data flows, and data access.
- Strategic Technologies: on industrial policy around India’s emerging semiconductor eco-system, space policy, export controls, new and transformative defense technologies, and their effects.
- Emerging Technologies: on biosafety and security, practices and efforts to shape distinct artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory practices, models of accessing AI compute, and the emerging global imperatives on the military applications of AI.
- Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI): on (i) shaping outcomes on DPI principles (ii) providing practical roadmaps for alternative ways to build DPI rapidly (iii) DPI at the centre of inter-state dialogues (iv) working with DPI builders, architects, and implementers.
- Strategic Partnerships: on the India-U.S. initiative on Critical & Emerging Technology (iCET) with ideas, convenings, and practical research. We are starting work on supporting the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC).
The Technology and Society Program at Carnegie India is supported by Tata Trusts, Mohandas Pai, Nilekani Philanthropies, Meta India, Google India, Salesforce India, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon, Syngene, Intel India, Amazon India, Microsoft India, SAP India, AWS India, WhatsApp India, BillDesk, Qualcomm India, Walmart India, LinkedIn India, and the National Payments Corporation of India. The Global Technology Summit is also supported by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
Our team
Rudra Chaudhuri
Director, Carnegie India
Rudra Chaudhuri is the director of Carnegie India. His research focuses on the diplomatic history of South Asia, contemporary security issues, and the important role of emerging technologies and digital public infrastructure in diplomacy, statecraft, and development. He and his team at Carnegie India chair and convene the Global Technology Summit, co-hosted with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
Shruti Sharma
Fellow and Chief Coordinator, Global Technology Summit, Technology and Society Program
Shruti Sharma is a fellow with the Technology and Society Program at Carnegie India, where she is currently working on exploring the challenges and opportunities in leveraging biotechnology to improve public health capacity in India.
Konark Bhandari
Fellow, Technology and Society Program
Konark Bhandari is a fellow with Carnegie India.
Tejas Bharadwaj
Research Analyst, Technology and Society Program
Tejas Bharadwaj is a research analyst in the Technology and Society Program in Carnegie India.
Amlan Mohanty
Nonresident Research Fellow, Technology and Society Program
Amlan Mohanty is a nonresident research fellow with Carnegie India. His areas of expertise include privacy, content policy, platform regulation, competition and AI.
Shatakratu Sahu
Research Analyst and Senior Program Manager, Technology and Society Program
Shatakratu Sahu is a senior program manager and research analyst with the Technology and Society program at Carnegie India.
Ajay Kumar
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Technology and Society Program
Ajay Kumar is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie India. He served as the defense secretary of India between August 2019 and October 2022 and is the longest serving secretary in Ministry of Defence, where he also served as secretary in the Department of Defence Production.
Arun K. Singh
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie India
Arun K. Singh is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie India. He has extensive experience across the globe, including as India’s ambassador to the United States, Israel, and France.
R. K. Misra
Nonresident Scholar, Technology and Society Program
R. K. Misra is a nonresident scholar at Carnegie India. Based in Bengaluru, he drives Carnegie India’s Technology and Society program, and engages with technology innovators and policymakers.
Anirudh Suri
Nonresident Scholar, Technology and Society Program
Anirudh Suri is a nonresident scholar with Carnegie India. His interests lie at the intersection of technology and geopolitics, climate, and strategic affairs.
Anantha S.
Nonresident Scholar, Technology and Society Program
Anantha S. is a nonresident scholar with Carnegie India.
Susmita Mohanty
Nonresident Scholar, Technology and Society Program
Susmita Mohanty is a nonresident scholar at Carnegie India. She is the director general of Spaceport SARABHAI, a ‘space’ think tank.
Global Technology Summit
The Global Technology Summit—Carnegie India’s annual flagship event, co-hosted with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India—brings together industry experts, policymakers, scientists, and other stakeholders from all over the world to deliberate on the changing nature of technology and geopolitics. Its aim is to create a new framework of engagement that addresses concerns of all stakeholders without hindering technological progress and innovation.
Global Technology Summit
The Global Technology Summit—Carnegie India’s annual flagship event, co-hosted with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India—brings together industry experts, policymakers, scientists, and other stakeholders from all over the world to deliberate on the changing nature of technology and geopolitics. Its aim is to create a new framework of engagement that addresses concerns of all stakeholders without hindering technological progress and innovation.
India-U.S. Emerging Technologies Working Group
At the end of January 2023, India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and the U.S. NSA Jake Sullivan officially launched the United States-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET). The Carnegie India Working Group studies, analyzes, and makes policy-relevant interventions in the various priority areas under the iCET. These include uncovering and recovering avenues for cooperation on semiconductors, civilian space technologies, defense innovation, bioeconomy, and quantum computing as well as the overall deepening of ties pertaining to science and technology. The working group is made up of experts within Carnegie India.
India-U.S. Emerging Technologies Working Group
At the end of January 2023, India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and the U.S. NSA Jake Sullivan officially launched the United States-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET). The Carnegie India Working Group studies, analyzes, and makes policy-relevant interventions in the various priority areas under the iCET. These include uncovering and recovering avenues for cooperation on semiconductors, civilian space technologies, defense innovation, bioeconomy, and quantum computing as well as the overall deepening of ties pertaining to science and technology. The working group is made up of experts within Carnegie India.
All work from Technology and Society
269 Results
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The U.S.–India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) from 2022 to 2025: Assessment, Learnings, and the Way Forward
This paper highlights and analyzes how specific iCET deliverables have served as a forcing function within India for deregulation, administrative pivots, and decisionmaking less common in India’s past. Equally, it assesses how iCET outcomes have reshaped the way political leadership and U.S. bureaucracy deal with questions on export controls and critical technology partnerships. It also outlines new areas of cooperation that could define the iCET calendar over the next twelve months as a new administration will be sworn in to the White House.
· October 23, 2024
India Shouldn’t Become Passive Player in age of AI
Daron Acemoglu, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics for 2024, and author of ‘Why Nations Fail’, and ‘Power and Progress’, shares his views on emerging technologies like AI and India’s economic development journey.
India's Lunar Exploration: Past, Present, and Future with Jatan Mehta
In this episode of Interpreting India, Tejas Bharadwaj sits down with Jatan Mehta, an independent space writer and author of the popular blog Moon Monday, to explore India's lunar exploration strategy in the context of growing global interest in the moon.
- Tejas Bharadwaj,
- Jatan Mehta
India Must Build on IPEF Clean Economy Agreement
The significance of the IPEF clean economy agreement to India stems from the fact that the IPEF may serve as a mechanism to attract investment into India from the IPEF partner nations.
The Quantum Clock Is Ticking: Strong Policy Framework Needed for India
India must urgently develop a robust policy framework for the adoption of quantum technologies to build on the initial successes achieved by its startups.
Global Technology Summit Innovation Dialogue 2024
October 9, 2024
The inaugural GTS Innovation Dialogue was held in Bengaluru in October. Co-hosted with the Ministry of External Affairs, the dialogue spanned two days, featuring both closed-door discussions and public conversations. The primary focus was on closed-door sessions, organized in workshop and roundtable formats. The public segment was limited to 3 to 4 hours to engage with the larger audience outside Delhi.
U.S.-India Tech Partnership Through the Lens of U.S. Export Controls
This commentary traces the growing momentum in the bilateral tech partnership under the Modi and Biden administrations, how it has shaped U.S. export controls, and how, in some cases, the tech partnership may be shaped by them going ahead.
· September 20, 2024
New Grammar of India-U.S. Relations
The Modi-Biden book is tilted more towards substance than thrills. Leaders, diplomats, and security establishments in both nations have worked towards building resilience in the ties.
Regulation.ai@India: Striking a Balance Between Innovation and Safety
India must not delay implementing comprehensive AI regulations to ensure technology serves humanity's best interests and upholds core values.
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