Buoyed by the success of the Mars Orbiter Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to press for enhanced cooperation with the US in the field of high technology when he meets US President Barack Obama and senior leadership of the American administration next week. Following up the conversation between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and US Secretary of State John Kerry in July this year, Modi is expected to confirm that India would host the next round of the High Technology Cooperation Group on mutually convenient dates this year, government sources said. Sources added that New Delhi will also reiterate its request to have the US as a partner country at India’s annual Technology Summit in November 2014. There are plans to hold the next bilateral Joint Science & Technology Committee meeting immediately before the event. The civil space cooperation between the two countries will also get a fillip in areas of earth observation, space exploration and satellite navigation during the bilateral talks, sources said.
