Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday met Director of the U.S. Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) Sethuraman Panchanathan and mentioned fostering ties in domains similar to synthetic intelligence, house, agriculture and well being.

The 2 sides mentioned areas of collaboration associated to science and know-how (S&T) which emerged in the course of the assembly between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden in the course of the QUAD Summit in Tokyo in Might, the Finance Ministry mentioned in a sequence of tweets.

“Each side emphasised to additional improve and strengthen the time-tested, democratic & value-based mutual partnership in particular domains similar to synthetic intelligence information science quantum computing, house, agriculture and well being,” it added.

Mr. Panchanathan indicated that many initiatives can be launched quickly in affiliation with the Division of Science and Expertise underneath six know-how innovation hubs.

“Whereas speaking in regards to the mission and goals of @NSF, @DrPanch elaborated on reaching innovation at velocity and scale with inclusion and solution-based method in analysis,” the Ministry tweeted.

“Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman talked about India’s achievement in fostering innovation by #AtalInnovationMission, #Begin-upIndia, #StandUpIndia, reforms in patent processes and development of applicable know-how in agriculture,” it added.