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About the event: Nuclear energy is breathing a fresh air of hope. Data centres, AI and electric mobility are driving electric power demand in the USA, while clean energy demand for development and industrialization in emerging and developing economies such as India is encouraging a comprehensive relook and a doubling down of investment in nuclear power. However, while the USA has technology and capital, its nuclear energy industry is bogged down by decades of neglect, resultant unravelling of supply chains and workforce shortages. Meanwhile, India's nuclear industry has made significant strides in recent decades but is limited by capital and technology. The talk explores the 'art of the possible' in a renewed nuclear energy cooperation between USA and India. Specifically, it argues that a US-India partnership involving technology sharing, joint standardisation of new designs, development of complementary supply chains and skilling of workforce would galvanize the opportunity presented by a key moment in nuclear energy history. Such a partnership would not only achieve the ambitious clean energy targets set by both countries, but also usher in a secure and sustainable nuclear energy future for the world.

About the speaker: Ambarish is an Indian career diplomat with nine years of experience and has served in various capacities at the Indian Embassies in Kyiv, Moscow, and at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi. His experience lies in Political & Economic Affairs, Foreign Policy Planning and Strategic Outreach. Prior to a career in Diplomacy, Ambarish worked in Corporate Consulting and Business Analytics.

Presently, Ambarish is on an India-US Strategic Partnership Fellowship on critical and emerging technologies at the Center for International Security & Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University. He holds a Master's Degree in Philosophy from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani. As a diplomat, he has trained at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie and the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service, New Delhi.

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