In his speech at the opening of the plenary session of the XV Summit of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the president foresaw a promising future for the group: breaking barriers, revitalizing economies, inspiring innovation and creating opportunities.
Modi also suggested initiatives to strengthen cooperation within the Brics in areas such as space, education, skills and technology development, traditional medicine and the protection of big cats.
He called for the creation of a Space Exploration Consortium to work for the global good in areas such as space research and climate monitoring.
He indicated that work is already underway on projects such as the creation of the Brics satellite, the Vaccine Research and Development Center and the mutual recognition of pharmaceutical products, which generate positive changes in the population of our countries.
Modi also made available to the members of the group the technological programs implemented in India for the development of education.
Among the innovations, the Indian Prime Minister mentioned the Diksha digital platform for the exchange of knowledge with children in remote and rural areas, as well as Bhashini based on artificial intelligence, viewing the elimination of language barriers, he explained.
For the healthcare sector, India pushed CoWIN to facilitate vaccination of the population and the public service delivery sector is revolutionized through digital public infrastructure with India Stack, he added.
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