Defence technology collaboration between the private sectors of India and the United States is really the next great phase of cooperation for “the two greatest democracies on earth”, according to Atul Keshap, president of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), who added that whatever the two countries can do together will benefit the rest of the “free countries” of the world.
“I would add from a business perspective, private sector is where India truly shines and where India truly shows that it can deliver amazingly high quality components that are a great level of fidelity, timeliness and price. And so this private sector to private sector collaboration is really the next great phase of U.S.-India defence cooperation,” Mr. Keshap, a retired U.S. diplomat, said in a virtual conversation with The Hindu on various initiatives in the pipeline ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.S.
