Presenter : Dr. Dnyaneshwar Mulay  was the Consul General of India, in New York in 2013 to 2016.  He was appointed by the President of India on National Human Rights Commission in April 2019.  He chairs Pravasi Bharatiya and Scientific Sampark PRABHASS, an inter ministerial working group to effectively engage with the global science and technology community for enriching the Indian eco-system by networking with Indian researchers and Institutions.  This initiative is the first of its kind, to tap expertise of overseas Indians in line with PM Modi’s vision of atma nirbhar Bharat.

Dr. Mulay is multifaceted personality.  He has a distinguished academic career: Jagannath Shankarsheth Scholarship (for Sanskrit) in 1974. , Dhananjay Keer award (1st rank in BA, Kolhapur University), 1st rank in Maharastra Public Service Commission in 1982, before joining the Indian Foreign Service in 1983 Ph. D (Honoris Causa) from D.Y. University 2017.  He is  a very distinguished career diplomat.  He has written over 15 books, essays, poems, novels in Marathi, Hindi and English which have been translated in Hindi, Kannada, Urdu, Arabic and Dhuvethi.  his magnum opus is his autobiography in Marathi.  Maati, Pankh, and Aakash”,

Abstract: India and US are the two largest democracies and among the five largest economies of the world.  Together they can build relationship that could shape the world in the coming decades if not centuries.  The relationship has evolved into a global strategic “partnership” and is considered ‘natural’ by both countries and their citizens.  It is high time that the relationship is focused on thoughtful futuristic cooperation.  India desires to become a leading power.  Along with its intellectual and philosophical heritage of the past embedded with strong scientific accomplishments India has engaged the USA in strategy consultation on civil, nuclear and defense cooperation, counter terrorism and internal security, energy and climate change, space S&
T besides other areas like the services and education.  The people to people exchanges are also enormous in its potential.  The well designed outcome oriented engagements in the areas of artificial intelligence to bio-technology and from nanotechnology to space could make this partnership globally useful and bilaterally meaningful.  It is necessary that foundation for such thoughtful and futuristic cooperation is laid now.

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