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Strengthening the U.S.-India Partnership: Fostering Innovation and Expanding Healthcare Access Worldwide
Tue, April 14th, 2015
Washington, DC
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted a conference on how the United States and India can collaborate to create an economic environment and institutional regime that protects innovation. The event reviewed the continuing transformation in bilateral relations, examined the innovative licensing model recently implemented in India by Gilead Sciences, and discussed how the two countries can collaborate to protect their future as innovation societies. Peter Lavoy, National Security Council Senior Director for South Asian Affairs, provided keynote remarks.
The Carnegie Endowment is grateful for the support of Gilead Sciences in making this event possible.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
Event Speakers
William J. Burns
Former Career Diplomat
A former career diplomat, William J. Burns served as director of the CIA, deputy secretary of State, and ambassador to Russia and Jordan. Burns was also president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from 2015 to 2021.
C. Raja Mohan
Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie India
A leading analyst of India’s foreign policy, Mohan is also an expert on South Asian security, great-power relations in Asia, and arms control.
Ashley J. Tellis
Former Senior Fellow
Ashley J. Tellis was a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Shyam Saran
Shyam Saran is a former foreign secretary of India and has served as the prime minister’s special envoy for nuclear affairs and climate change. After leaving government service in 2010, he headed the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a prestigious think tank focusing on economic issues (2011–2017), and served as chairman of the National Security Advisory Board under the National Security Council (2013–2015).
Rajiv Kumar
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Dilip Shah
Gregg Alton
James Love
Ajay Chhibber
Tarun Das
V. Kasturi Rangan
Peter Lavoy
Office of the Director of National Intelligence