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Norway–India Partnership Announcements


Overview of planned signing ceremonies and announcements for the Norway–India Business and Research Summit at Oslo City Hall.

1. The Research Council of Norway – The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR)

MoU: To develop and promote effective and result-oriented scientific and technological cooperation between scientists and institutes/laboratories in both countries.

  • NO: Anne Kjersti Fahlvik, Executive Director – Innovation in Industry and Public Sector
  • IN: Dr. Kalaiselvi, Director General

2. Cambi – NCC (Nagarjuna Construction Company Ltd)

Agreement: Delivery of Norwegian patented thermal hydrolysis process systems to a wastewater treatment plant in Mumbai.

  • NO: PKC Bose, Executive Advisor to the Global Board of Directors
  • IN: Kausalya Raju, Associate Director

3. TECO 2030 Energy Solutions – Advait Energy Transitions Ltd

Agreement: Joint venture in India for technology transfer and manufacturing of fuel cells for the maritime and power sectors.

  • NO: Tore Enger, CEO
  • IN: Shalin Seth, CEO

4. Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) – National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

MoU: Cooperation on tunnelling, underground works and geotechnical analysis.

  • NO: Dr. Lars Andresen, CEO
  • IN: Santosh Kumar Yadav, Chairman

5. Innovation Norway – Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

MoU: Collaboration to support exports, market expansion and increased investments.

  • NO: Håkon Haugli, CEO
  • IN: Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General and CEO

6. SINTEF – The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

1st signing – Collaboration Agreement: Recognising the shared commitment to sustainable development.

2nd signing – Project-specific implementation agreement: Cooperation on ocean energy, including offshore wind.

  • NO: Alexandra Bech Gjørv, CEO
  • IN: Dr. Kalaiselvi, Director General

7. TECLA – Velocity Software Solutions Pvt Ltd

Agreement: Collaboration on developing an AI-enabled SaaS platform for business accounting and related services, with primary focus on Norway and other European markets.

  • NO: Lars Herman Lindkjølen, CEO
  • IN: Nitin Srivastava, Director

8. DNV – SWAN Shipyard

MoU: Strategic partnership to advance India’s defence and shipbuilding capabilities through innovation, digitalisation, capacity building and sustainable solutions.

  • NO: Antony M. Dsouza, President and Director, DNV Singapore
  • IN: Vivek Merchant, CEO

9. Piql AS – Production Partner

MoU: Data storage solutions and investments from the Indian side.

  • NO: Rune Bjerkestrand, Managing Director
  • IN: Mr. Inderjit Setia

10. Innovation Norway – Invest India

  • NO: Håkon Haugli, CEO
  • IN: Ms. Nivruti Rai, MD & CEO

11. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) – The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

Joint Declaration of Intent: Three-part agreement on science, technology and innovation cooperation for the green transition.

  • NO: Tor Grande, Rector
  • IN: Dr. Kalaiselvi, Director General
  • IN: Prof. Manoj Kumar Dhar, Director, AcSIR

12. TECLA – IDS Infotech Ltd

  • NO: Lars Herman Lindkjølen, CEO
  • IN: Partap Aggarwal, CEO

13. NHO – CII

(TBC)

14. Emerald Geomodelling – Aorvis

MoU: Cooperation to deploy advanced subsurface intelligence technologies, including pilot projects, validation and scale-up.

  • NO: Andreas A. Pfaffhuber, Managing Director
  • IN: Ashutosh Tripathi, Managing Director

15. KSAT – New Space India Limited (NSIL)

Agreement: Cooperation on downlink services.

  • NO: Marte Indregard, CEO
  • IN: A. Radhakrishna, Director Finance

16. Emerald Geomodelling – National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), CSIR Lab

Agreement: Scientific collaboration on technical services for major infrastructure projects.

  • NO: Andreas A. Pfaffhuber, Managing Director
  • IN: Dr. Kalaiselvi, Director General

17. SINTEF – Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Table 2

  • NO: Alexandra Bech Gjørv, CEO
  • IN: Amit Pethe (confirmed)

18. Picterus – Phoenix Medical Systems

Table 3
Two signings – contracts confirmed.

  • NO: Tormod Thomson, CEO
  • IN: Sashi Kumar Valiiyaveetil, Managing Director (confirmed)

Other Announcements

  • Lerøy Seafood AS – Establishing a local presence in India
  • byTiMo – Oslo-based fashion house byTiMo announces its official launch in India