India

Overview

Senior Representative

Role in Mission Innovation

• Member of the Mission Innovation Steering Committee
• Member of Technical Advisory Group
• Participates in the Mission Innovation Secretariat
• Co-leads the Integrated Biorefineries Mission
• Member of the Clean Hydrogen Mission
• Member of the Urban Transitions Mission
• Core coalition member of the Green Powered Future Mission
• Core group member of the Zero-Emissions Shipping Mission
• Supporter of the Carbon Dioxide Removal Mission
• Contributes to the Innovation Platform (Accelerate module – leads the MI CleanTech Exchange; Collaborate module – co-leads the Innovation Community on Affordable Heating and Cooling of Buildings, IC7)

News and events

• [June 2, 2021] India joins Mission Innovation members in launching MI2.0 and a decade of clean energy innovation to accelerate achieving the Paris Agreement Goals
• India celebrates Mission Innovation’s 5-year anniversary
• India’s Ministry of Science and Technology is supporting the Global Cooling Prize, a $3 million prize to develop and scale breakthrough affordable cooling solutions. Preliminary application deadline: June 2019
• India launches a $5 million USD Call for Proposals for collaborative R&D with Mission Innovation member countries in the field of Sustainable Advanced Biofuels. Deadline: 31 August 2018
• $6 million Call for Proposals by the Department of Biotechnology, Department of Science and Technology and Ministry of Science and Technology in India for joint Research & Development with member MI countries in the field of Converting Sunlight. Deadline for Letters of Intent: 1 July 2018
• The IEA is working with the Indian government to analyse opportunities to accelerate the RD&D of clean energy technologies in India.
• The results of the Calls for Proposals from India and France on Off-Grid Access to Electricity (IC2) were announced at the third Mission Innovation Ministerial.
• India hosted the International Conference on Sustainable Biofuels 2018 held in New Delhi on February 26-27, 2018.
• Update on India’s participation in Mission Innovation (January 2018)

Participation in MI’s first phase

• Participated in the Mission Innovation Steering Committee
• Co-led the Analysis and Joint Research Sub-Group
• Participated in the Business and Investor Engagement Sub-Group
• Co-led the:
  • Smart Grids Innovation Challenge
  • Off-Grid Access to Electricity Innovation Challenge
  • Sustainable Biofuels Innovation Challenge
• Participated in the:
  • Carbon Capture Innovation Challenge
  • Converting Sunlight Innovation Challenge
  • Clean Energy Materials Innovation Challenge
  • Affordable Heating and Cooling of Buildings Innovation Challenge
  • Renewable and Clean Hydrogen Innovation Challenge

Resources:

• (First phase) PLANS AND PRIORITIES
• HIGHLIGHTS IN 2017
• HIGHLIGHTS IN 2018
• HIGHLIGHTS IN 2019
• (First phase) INNOVATION BREAKTHROUGHS

Clean Energy Innovation investment (MI 1.0)

Country-determined baseline year(s): 2014-2015
Baseline funding amount: INR 470 crore (USD $72 million)
Doubling target year: 2019-2020
Doubling target amount: INR 967 crore (USD $145 million)

Find out more about how India’s baseline and doubling are calculated

*Figures in the spending chart are based on USD exchange rates in 2020

These are only direct research costs incurred in the implementation of project and do not include man-hour costs of regular scientists employed (which are also funded by public funds) in the institutions. Overheads for implementation of projects are only partially supported (15%).

The Ministry of Science and technology (DBT & DST) is jointly working with International Energy Agency in preparing a template for Data Collection to track the Public and Private Sector Clean Energy RD&D Spending.