India and Norway Sign Five Science and Clean-Energy Deals During Modi Visit
The package moves the partnership from broad pledges to funded programs for pilots, research exchanges and standard setting.
Overview
- India’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, signed five agreements with Norwegian partners in Oslo during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit.
- A new MoU with the Research Council of Norway sets up joint workshops, collaborative R&D and researcher exchanges in areas such as climate, clean energy, oceans and health.
- A 2026–2029 collaboration with SINTEF focuses on the sustainability transition, including bio-based materials, ocean energy, offshore wind, carbon capture and waste valorization.
- A project agreement on ocean and offshore wind links CSIR institutes with SINTEF units to advance floating turbine technology, cut power costs and run pilot demonstrations, with CSIR support of about Rs 341 lakhs.
- CSIR and AcSIR signed a Green Shift declaration with NTNU for joint research and student-faculty mobility, while CSIR-NGRI agreed a five-year MoU with Emerald Geomodelling to deliver geoscience support for large infrastructure through surveys, data analysis and training.