New Delhi: With Indo-US relations in its "spring", the two countries should use their resources for common good, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said in New Delhi today (Dec 2, 2004).

"After 40 years of cold wintry relations between the two democracies, weather has changed in the last 10 years. We should use this spring to facilitate and promote agreements of mutual benefit in science and technology," he said inaugurating a roundtable on 'Indo-US Public Private Partnership in R & D Technology Endeavours: The Road Ahead'.

India has huge human resources in science and technology but it lacks infrastructure. There is a need for "flagship" programmes between the two nations so that resources could be used for mutual good, he added.

"We can make the best use of resources available in both the countries only through sharing," Sibal said and suggested creating a "critical mass" of resources to help in technology innovations.

Director of Centre for Science, Technology and Security Policy, US, Norman P Neureiter said, "We need to combine our resources to accelerate developmental process."

Flagship agreements between the two countries could open a new horizon and "expand opportunities in the field of science and technology, both in India and the US."