India Energy Transition Summit

UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena Sahajwalla will be a key speaker at the India Energy Transition Summit in India on 27 February 2026.

Veena will join a discussion around sustainability, innovation and emerging technologies in the energy sector, joining policymakers, industry leaders, global institutions and technology innovators to help shape the next phase of India’s clean energy journey

Hosted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), FICCI says the Summit will set the tone for accelerating renewable energy deployment, strengthening grid stability, scaling energy storage, and mobilizing blended and international finance to support India’s net-zero ambitions.

"Over two days, the Summit will explore emerging technologies, offshore wind, green hydrogen, long-duration energy storage, digital grid solutions, and international collaborations, while also addressing industrial decarbonization, alternative fuels, CCUS, and the evolving role of nuclear energy. Dedicated sessions will examine pathways for scaling clean technologies beyond pilots, enhancing demand creation across hard-to-abate sectors, and aligning global partnerships including BRICS cooperation."

Veena will share the SMaRT Centre vision for a sustainable future, highlighting the importance of creating a circular economy and how using waste as a resource must be at the centre of our future and innovative decarbonisation efforts, in collaboration between researchers and industry.

She will highlight that using innovations such as UNSW SMaRT Centre's Green Steel^TM Polymer Injection Technology, which reforms waste rubber tyres and other waste polymers as alternative to coke and coal in electric arc steel making, and MICROfactorie^TM technologies that recover valuable materials from waste and reform them into new manufacturing feedstock and products through collaborators, are central to help achieve the sustainability needed for the future.

FICCI is India's oldest and largest apex business organization, established in 1927. As a non-governmental, not-for-profit body, it acts as a premier industry voice, bridging the gap between the government and the private sector to influence economic policies and promote, connect, and support businesses.

FICCI event page

FICCI

This is Veena's third recent trip to India, building collaborations, working with Invest NSW on bilateral relations and advancing UNSW SMaRT Centre research and industry partnerships. See this story on some of the recent interactions in India.