National Security Advisor Ajit K Doval has met US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, and held a "fruitful" discussion on various aspects of India-US bilateral cooperation.Presidents of US India Business Council (USIBC), and US India Strategic and Partnership Forum attended the reception that also saw the presence of presidents of Western Digital, Qualcomm, and several other US industry members, including Google.

Corporate leadership from the Indian side included those from Tata Sons, Bharti Enterprises, L&T, Bharat Forge, Reliance Jio, Adani Defence, Mahindra and Mahindra, and ArcelorMittal. Leaders from several emerging startups from India also attended the reception of Mr Doval, prominent among them being Dhruva Space which is working in the field of satellite development, Digan-tara (space tracking), Pixxel (satellite imagery), 3rdi Tec (communication), Q Pi-Ai(AI & Quantum), and Saankhya Labs (wireless communication).

Announced during US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bilateral talks in Tokyo in May last year, the iCET is spearheaded by the National Security Councils of both countries.

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