Amid the growing economic bonhomie between long-time strategic partners India and Russia, the two countries have begun discussions on expanding their cooperation in the field of information technology (IT) and digitalization.
The development comes at a time when India's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) earned worldwide attention during the G-20 summit held in New Delhi earlier this month.
During exchanges, IT experts from Russia and India emphasized that information technologies play a vital role in attaining "economic sovereignty" and sustaining development.
According to Pavel Klepinin, who is the founder of "Etern-IT-y", a non-profit organization of digital managers, they focused on deploying their expertise and knowledge for the financial growth of India and Russia.
"First of all, we plan to work directly with IT directors – to help them improve their professional characteristics and develop managerial skills. In our opinion, one of the important actions in this process is visiting production facilities by IT directors in order to better understand all internal processes", Klepinin said during the conference.
On the other hand, Debjit Chakraborty, director of the Chamber for Indo-Russian Technological Cooperation, spoke about areas where the two countries could collaborate in the IT sector.
"Together with our partners, the RUSSOFT Association and the Etern-IT-y community, we are exploring strategic areas in which Russian and Indian companies can combine their efforts – cybersecurity, AI, smart cities, etc. We are making history to create a new multipolar and just world by developing new ideas and technologies," Chakraborty concluded.