Apr 26,2017: Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has said, countries that have invested in education, built strong consumer economies, and have democratic institutions that can deal with social change will benefit more from new technologies.
Mr Ansari said this while delivering a Lecture at the Yerevan State University in Armenia today. He said, some of the newer technologies that would impact on human progress relate to energy, cyber technology, robotics, artificial intelligence, quantum mechanics, gene-editing and space exploration. He said, all of these have geopolitical implications in the future.
Later, Mr Ansari was also awarded an honorary Doctorate by the University. He was given the honorary doctorate for his outstanding public and political achievements and the considerable contribution in the development of relations between India and Armenia. Mr Ansari is in Yerevan on the first leg of his two-nation visit to Armenia and Poland.
(AIR NEWS)
