us national security advisor jake sullivan in attendance officials and executives discussed opportunities to promote development of critical and emerging technologies such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence the us india business council which hosted the roundtable said a key theme throughout the roundtable was how both governments could facilitate deeper alignment on technology issues including encouraging semiconductor supply chain resilience icet is about much more than technology cooperation its a platform to accelerate our strategic convergence and policy alignment us nsa sullivan said adding that washington and new delhi want to establish a list of firsts firsts in removing barrierson both sidesto enable greater ambition by all of you according to the usibc statement nsa ajit doval and indias ambassador to the us taranjit sandhu highlighted indias remarkable capacity for technology development and absorption and emphasized indias use of technology not only as an enabler of economic growth but as an instrument of social inclusion both officials spoke of the natural complementary strengths of the indian and american economies and the growing strategic convergence between both nations they also emphasized indias growing role a trusted supply chain partner and contributor in the global technology value chain and underlined the importance of easing export control measures to facilitate technology access coproduction and codevelopment between india and us much of the growing engagement is of course driven by the dazzling heights the techies and executives of indian origin have attained in the us including heading storied tech companies such as microsoft and google in one of the sessions the roundtable discussed microchips as a critical technology and the important role the usindia relationship could play in building a reliable semiconductor supply chain even as washington has become leery of china it is promising to see the us and india prioritize the necessary discussions and investments that will enable greater semiconductor leadership within and among partner economies the us chamber of commerce as a major advocate for the chips and science act and now the host of the usindia icet dialogue is creating compelling opportunities for publicprivate partnership that will ultimately strengthen our economies micron looks forward to continuing to work with both governments the chamber and industry as part of this key forum sanjay mehrotra president and ceo of micron technology told the meeting