Summary
The partnership aims to identify mutual collaboration opportunities, introduce innovative solutions to the industry and academia, considering continuity of India Sweden Innovations Accelerator Programme
India has pledged to bring its economy's carbon intensity down to 45% by 2030 and fulfil 50% of its energy requirement through renewable energy by 2030
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Business Sweden-The Swedish Trade and Invest Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in the field of Clean Air and Green Energy.
The MoU was signed by V Ramgopal Rao, director, IIT Delhi, and Cecilia Oskarsson, trade and invest commissioner of Sweden to India. The MoU aims to identify mutual collaboration opportunities, introduce innovative solutions to the industry and academia, considering continuity of India Sweden Innovations Accelerator Programme and Sustainability by Sweden Showroom and Platform inIndia.
Rao spoke about the need for clean energy to achieve the target India pledged at COP26, Glasgow, to bring its economy's carbon intensity down to 45% by 2030 and fulfil 50% of its energy requirement through renewable energy by 2030.
The IIT Delhi director also spoke about the need to collaborate on other areas such as smart grids and battery storage solutions to transition from a coal-based economy to a renewable energy economy. He also mentioned the various start-ups being incubated at IIT Delhi that present a huge opportunity for collaboration with the Swedish industry.
Oskarsson spoke about the opportunities for knowledge sharing and learning from the Swedish industry, a leader in developing sustainable and innovative technologies. She also proposed academic exchange programmes, cooperation with innovative solutions providers from Sweden and joint R&D projects in the domain of clean air, energy, environment and urban development.
S.K. Khare, dean (R&D), IIT Delhi, briefed about existing research projects that are part of the collaboration and opportunities for future collaboration in areas other than clean air and clean energy.
Anurag Rathore, dean, corporate relations, IIT Delhi, spoke about organising interactive events with the Swedish industry at IIT Delhi and promoting knowledge sharing and development of technologies that are India-centric. He also spoke about financial support from the Swedish industry for promoting joint research in new and high-priority areas.
Ludvig Lindstrom, country manager, Swedish Energy Agency, traced the history of India Sweden Innovations Accelerator and Sustainability by Sweden showroom in India, along with over 200 pilot/ commercial projects established in India as part of the impact created by solutions introduced through these frameworks.
Pawan Tahlani, Vertical Lead Sustainability and Climate Change, Business Sweden, said the three main focus areas of this collaboration are industry-academia collaboration for co-creation of next generation solutions and university level collaborations for expertise and student exchange.
Last updated on 28 Nov 2021
