Dr. Jitendra Singh Calls for Mission-Driven India–Australia Tech Collaboration

• Bilateral S&T realignment between India and Australia toward mission-oriented collaboration in critical & emerging technologies (CET), anchored in the Australia–India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF).
• Signals deepening of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (2020) beyond trade into quantum, critical minerals, advanced manufacturing, agri-tech, biotech — directly relevant to GS-II (Bilateral) and GS-III (S&T, Economy).
• AISRF, launched 2006, completes two decades in 2026 — a high-probability Prelims hook.