iCET
Origins and India-US Technology Cooperation Architecture
The Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) was the precursor framework that first institutionalised joint India-US work on strategic technologies before being subsumed into TRUST.
- iCET was launched in January 2023 by the National Security Councils of both countries, building on the 2022 India-US Summit announcements
- It covered semiconductors, AI, defence innovation (including jet engine co-production and joint drone development), space and telecommunications
- iCET's semiconductor component fed into India's Semicon India Programme (2021, later augmented) and the India Semiconductor Mission, aimed at building fabrication and packaging capacity domestically
- The evolution from iCET (2023) to TRUST (2025) reflects a widening of scope from a narrower critical-technology dialogue to a fuller strategic-technology partnership with dedicated funding instruments like fellowships
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