US Ambassador Launches TRUST Fellowship to Boost India-US Tech Collaboration

Key facts

• US Ambassador Sergio Gor launched the TRUST Fellowship at the US Mission's National Day reception in Bengaluru.
• The TRUST Fellowship is a public-private partnership bringing together American and Indian researchers.
• It focuses on critical technologies including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing, and biotechnology.
• The fellowship is funded by private benefactors Kris Gopalakrishnan and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, in partnership with IIT Madras, IISc Bengaluru, and Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
• The program will fund stipends for U.S. postdoctoral researchers and early-career faculty for 12-month collaborative research projects with Indian institutions.
• Ambassador Gor announced an expanded US Commercial Service presence in Bengaluru.
• He cited India-US cooperation in space, including recent joint missions and discussions on lunar exploration.