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.