Dr. Jitendra Singh holds bilateral meeting with French Minister India-France ties set for expansion in space, AI and emerging technologies

• Bilateral video-conference meeting (07 May 2026) between Dr. Jitendra Singh, MoS (IC) Science & Technology, and Prof. Philippe Baptiste, France's Minister for Higher Education, Research and Space, reviewing the India-France strategic partnership in space, AI and emerging technologies.
• Anchored around the declaration of 2026 as the "Indo-French Year of Innovation" — a flagship vehicle to scale cooperation in advanced materials, applied mathematics, AI and human spaceflight.
• For UPSC: a live example of science diplomacy under the India-France Strategic Partnership (1998) and the Horizon 2047 Roadmap; ties into GS-II (bilateral relations) and GS-III (S&T, space).