After the India-U.S. trade deal, Nasscom U.S. CEO Forum has charted a strategic pivot toward a tech-led economic partnership, supporting the joint bilateral trade target of $500 billion.
In the first industry meet after the deal, the forum engaged with senior U.S. policymakers at Capitol Hill on Feb. 4-5 to align industry priorities with the developed India-US trade deal, leading Indian IT industry body Nasscom posted on X.
“With Indian technology companies contributing $103 billion to U.S. GDP and supporting over half a million jobs, our industry remains a cornerstone of American regional competitiveness,” it stated.
The Forum brought together leading Indian technology business leaders and senior U.S. policymakers to advance a shared agenda focused on enhancing innovation, AI, trusted supply chains, workforce development and local job creation across the United States, according to a Nasscom release.
The Forum’s discussions with senior US policymakers and members of Congress focused on three strategic pillars:
AI Co-creation: Deepening collaboration across the AI value chain, from silicon design to enterprise applications, aligned with the Pax Silica coalition.
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Resilient Infrastructure: Enhancing energy security through AI-driven optimization and digital infrastructure to support next-generation data centers.
Trusted Supply Chains: Strengthening the bilateral alliance in semiconductors and secure technology ecosystems.
The latest engagement of Nasscom US CEO Forum, which was inaugurated in July 2025, reinforces the Forum’s role as a premier leadership platform on technology, driving strategic dialogue between industry and government. It underscored the opportunity for deeper India–US collaboration across the AI value chain, aligned with the Pax Silica coalition led by the United States.
As AI adoption accelerates globally, Indian technology firms are well positioned to expand their role across key layers, particularly enterprise and custom applications, consulting and engineering services, and emerging opportunities in silicon design and advanced platforms, supporting trusted, secure and scalable AI ecosystems.
This collaboration is expected to directly benefit most of the Fortune 500 companies, while catalysing local job creation across multiple U.S. states, according to Nasscom.
Energy security also emerged as a strategic priority, with the United States scaling AI-critical energy capacity and India integrating green and nuclear energy to support next-generation data centres.
Indian technology companies are increasingly contributing to AI-driven energy optimization, grid analytics, and digital infrastructure, reinforcing the resilience of the U.S. innovation ecosystem.
As part of the Washington, DC program, the Nasscom delegation engaged with several members of Congress and senior Administration officials, including Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Rep. Julia Brownley, Rep. Don Beyer, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Sen. Ron Wydenand Deputy US Trade Rep Ambassador Rick Switzer.
The Forum also recognized Sen. Mark Warner, Senior Senator for Virginia and Congressman Rich McCormick, Representative for Georgia’s 7th District for their leadership in advancing bipartisan cooperation on technology, innovation and jobs.
“The India-US trade deal provides much-needed macro predictability at a time when technology, talent and trust are central to global competitiveness,”said Rajesh Nambiar, President, Nasscom. “Indian technology companies are already delivering measurable outcomes for the US economy — high-quality jobs, regional investment and innovation at scale. The Nasscom U.S. CEO Forum is focused on moving this partnership from collaboration leading Indian IT industry body, to co-creation, anchored in data, accountability, and long-term value creation.”
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“India and the United States have a generational opportunity to build a trusted technology alliance across AI, semiconductors and digital infrastructure,” added Amit Chadha, CEO & MD – L&T Technology Services & Vice Chair – Nasscom US CEO Forum.
“Indian tech companies are deeply embedded in the success of US enterprises, supporting the majority of Fortune 500 firms while creating local jobs across U.S. states,” he said. “By supporting the joint US-India target of a bilateral trade number of $500 billion, we can help shape a more resilient, innovation-led future for both economies.”
Conceived as a flagship leadership platform, the Nasscom U.S. CEO Forum brings together leaders from government, industry, academia, think tanks, and the Indian diaspora to advance the India–U.S. technology partnership.
With a diverse and influential community of over 3500 member companies, Nasscom represents over $284 billion technology industry in India with the vision to establish the nation as the world’s leading technology ecosystem.