Grand Challenge Topic: Turning Agricultural Residues into a Scalable Biomass Economy Sector: Agriculture Sub-sector: agri-residues, waste-management, energy Code: GC_AGRI_25_03 Date of publishing: 06 March 2026 Last Updated: 06 March 2026 Overview India generates over 750 million tonnes of agricultural biomass annually, yet most of this resource remains uncollected, underutilised, or burned in fields. The challenge is to build the infrastructure, markets, and

New Delhi | February 2026 Bharat Technology and Impact Accelerator (Bharatia) and Grassroots Energy have entered into a Master Collaboration Agreement to jointly develop, finance, and deploy a large-scale compressed biogas (CBG) platform across India. The collaboration is designed to deliver commercially viable, standardised and replicable bioenergy infrastructure aligned with India’s clean energy transition and industrial decarbonisation priorities. Why this Matters for Indi

New Delhi , Reykjavik | 25 January 2026 Bharatia  has entered into a Master Collaboration Agreement (MCA)  with Carbon Iceland  to jointly develop green methanol projects in India, marking a significant milestone in the creation of scalable and investable green fuel infrastructure in the country. The collaboration brings together Bharatia’s project development, financing, and platform-building capabilities with Carbon Iceland’s advanced green methanol technology and executio

Centre of Excellence on Water launched as part of the 3rd CITIS and 10th IWIS, New Delhi, December 2025 India’s climate and sustainability trajectory is defined by a group of interconnected grand challenges—water security, energy transition, waste and circularity, agricultural resilience, transport and mobility reform, and the cross-sectoral risks stemming from climate change and natural hazards. These challenges are complex, systemic, and capital-intensive; they are not amen

Associate Manager Environment & Technology Verification (ETV) Programme Location : New Delhi (preferred) Start Date : Between Jan - June 2026 Level : Lower Management Role Overview The Associate Manager – ETV  will support the execution and delivery of the ETV programme across technology validation, ecosystem development, and commercialisation activities. The role is execution-focused, offering exposure to global technologies, FOAK demonstrations, and large-scale deployment

Lead Manager Environment & Technology Verification (ETV) Programme Location : New Delhi (preferred) Start Date : Between April - Oct 2026 Level : Middle Management Role Overview The Lead Manager – ETV  will play a pivotal role in driving the strategic expansion and execution of India’s most comprehensive technology commercialisation and acceleration programme, with reach across emerging markets. The role requires deep expertise in technology commercialisation, market entry,

Grounding Climate Investment & Technology Innovation at the District Level held from 09-11 December 2025 at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT Delhi), India 1. Summary The 3rd Climate Investments and Technology Impact Summit (CITIS 2025)  marked a decisive inflection point in India’s climate action architecture—shifting the focus from national ambition to district-level implementation . Anchored in the theme “Grounding Climate Investment & Technology Innovation at the

L-to-R: Mr. Bala Kamallakharan, Chairman of India Icelandic Trade Council; Mr. Ragnar Kristjánsson, Director General, External Trade and Economic Affairs, Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs; H.E. Mr. R. Ravindra, Indian Ambassador to Iceland; Mr. Árni Sigurjónsson, General Counsel at Marel & President at The Federation of Icelandic Industries; Mr. Sanmit Ahuja, MD and CEO, Bharatia The India–Iceland SITE (Science, Innovation, Technology and Economics) Network  was form

Building a Corridor of Innovation, Investment and Impact 23–24 October 2025 | Sofia & Plovdiv, Bulgaria Bharatia, India’s leading platform for accelerating technology and impact investments, launched its fourth SITE Network (Science, Innovation, Technology and Economics) of the year on 23rd October 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The India–Bulgaria SITE Network marks another major milestone in Bharatia’s ongoing effort to create global corridors that connect technology ecosystem

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