New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- As India pushes for its energy future, unlocking the potential of critical minerals will be vital not only for clean energy but also for India's ambition of self-reliance, with uranium emerging as a key focus. At the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) 3rd Energy Summit, R. Srikanth, Dean of the School of Natural Sciences & Engineering, explained that nuclear power holds a unique place in this mission.

"For the private sector to come in, we need actually the two acts to be totally recast into a new act which permits the private sector to mine uranium, to process uranium, to set up nuclear power plants, and operate nuclear power plants," he said in an interview with ANI. Srikanth stressed that current laws, part...