PM MODI'S U.S. VISIT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD: ATUL KESHAP

Atul Keshap serves as the President of the United States India Business Council.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the United States culminated in transformational outcomes such as the pathbreaking jet engine deal, the transfer of sensitive critical technologies and the forging of next-generation defence partnership.

Atul Keshap, who serves as the President of the United States India Business Council (USIBC), has played a key role in the ongoing transformation of India-US relations. In this exclusive interview at the USIBC office in Washington, Mr Keshap stresses that the US supports India’s aspirations, including a permanent seat at the UN Security Council, and is committed to accelerate the rise of India. 

Q: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US was transformational and pathbreaking in many ways. How do you capture the significance of this visit by Prime Minister Modi?

A: It is hugely significant. Frankly speaking, it is about the future of the world over the next 20 years or more because what the United States and India agreed on this visit will carry forward in terms of preserving the peace and prosperity and stability and happiness of both the United States and India, and the entire world. So, we are Quad partners, we are increasingly accelerating our strategic, economic, and technological convergence. We are rapidly expanding our technology partnership under the iCET umbrella. We are bui lding up even more of that on the INDUS-X (India-United States Defence Acceleration Ecosystem) that we have hosted. So, this is not about today, this is about the next 20 years and the future of the world and planetary happiness.