Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu to inaugurate summit on green hydrogen at SRM University-AP on July 18
The inaugural session of the two-day event will be attended by Member of NITI Aayog V.K. Saraswat, Union Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications Pemmasani Chandrasekhar, State Minister for Energy Gottipati Ravi Kumar, Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, K. Vijayanand, and Pro-Chancellor of SRM University-AP P. Satyanarayana.
The summit is being organised by the university, in association with the Government of Andhra Pradesh, IIT-Tirupati, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Tirupati, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP), and SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu.
Dr. Saraswat would deliver the keynote address on 'Vision for Green Hydrogen in India's Energy Landscape', informed Executive Director-Research, SRM Group, D. Narayana Rao, at a press conference in Vijayawada on Tuesday.
He said various industry leaders and academicians, including Director of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, Ashish Lele, Director of International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) R. Vijay, president of Hydrogen Association of India R.K. Malhotra, Chief Project Manager of Hydrogen Trainset, Ministry of Railways, Amit Saran, and Sujit Pillai from National Hydrogen Mission, Ministry of Non-Renewable Energy, would speak at the sessions.
Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, NREDCAP, K. Kamalakar Babu, said several leading industrialists engaged in hydrogen and renewable energies, such as SUZLON, ACME, NTPC, BPCL, KPI Green Hydrogen, and Yamna Industries Ltd., would be part of the summit.
The summit would focus on research and development, innovation, commercialisation, and alignment with the National Hydrogen Mission, and discuss the policy framework and incentives to support hydrogen projects.
The participants would also explore innovations, challenges, and prospects in green hydrogen production, storage, and applications by assembling industry, academia, and research leaders to advance India's green hydrogen goals.
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