Perfect alignment between PM Modi's and tech CEOs' vision: MIT academician

There is a perfect alignment between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and global technology CEOs' vision for India in areas like semiconductors, Artificial Intelligence and biotechnology, an eminent academician in the US has said.

Modi interacted with global technology CEOs at a roundtable here on Saturday.

The roundtable was anchored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), School of Engineering. Professor Anantha Chandrakasan, Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer at the Institute and Dean of the MIT School of Engineering, chaired the roundtable.

It is my deep honour to convene and host this roundtable with Prime Minister Modi and the CEOs of some of the most impactful tech companies in the United States and globally, Chandrakasan told PTI in an exclusive interview here on Sunday after the tech roundtable.

He said the roundtable focussed on a "broad-based set of topics, including biotechnology, pharma, Artificial Intelligence, quantum computing and semiconductor ...