INNOPROM India Highlights: Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi Review Technological Achievements in New Delhi
The International Industrial Trade Fair INNOPROM. India concluded in New Delhi on September 11. Held at the Bharat Mandapam Exhibition Center from September 9 to 11, the event took place ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit. A total of over 8,500 people attended the Trade Fair, with 146 companies from Russia and India presenting their industrial solutions and technologies.
Major Russian participants included Sber, Rostec, Rosatom, Roscosmos, Transmashholding (TMH), RUSAL, PhosAgro, CRPT, A7, Arnest UniRus, National Project Construction (Natsproektstroy), Russian Export Center (REC), National Center Russia, as well as collective regional stands from Moscow, the Republic of Tatarstan, Krasnodar Krai, and Chelyabinsk Oblast. The Indian side of the exposition was represented by leading industrial companies such as MECON, SAIL, NMDC, MOIL, Central Electronics Ltd, RVNL, Titagarh Rail Systems, Tata Power, ITC Group, KABIL, Shatei Engineering, Bansal Spinning Mills, and others.
On the third day of the event, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi visited the Trade Fair. The leaders inspected the joint RussianIndian exposition, touring the stands of domestic companies including Sber, Transmashholding (TMH), United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), United Engine Corporation (UEC), and A7. They also visited the collective stands representing the Indian steel industry and related mining sectors, space startups, and the railway company Rail Vikas Nigam Limited.
The Russian section of the Trade Fair featured, among other exhibits, an optical computing unit for artificial intelligence applications, a presentation of a joint Russian-Indian project to develop a high-speed electric train, the PD-8 aviation turbofan engine for regional aircraft, scale models of the MC-21-310, SJ-100, and Il-114-300 aircraft, a Russian international settlement platform for foreign trade participants, and more.
For its part, the Indian side presented to the Trade Fair guests the Shakti TBM tunnel boring machine used in the construction of India's longest railway tunnel. Other notable exhibits included a scale model of the Pamban Bridge, India's first railway bridge with a vertical-lift span, and models of the Vande Bharat trains, which combine Russian technological expertise with India's experience in delivering railway projects. The Indian exposition also featured an extra-large autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle, the OptoSAR satellite system, and numerous other technological developments.
The business program events at INNOPROM India focused on the development of Russian-Indian trade, economic, and industrial cooperation. The key event was the Main Plenary Session, Strengthening Russian-Indian Trade and Industrial Partnership — Toward Self-Reliant Cooperation, featuring Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Anton Alikhanov and Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of India Piyush Goyal.
A number of significant agreements were also signed between Russian and Indian organizations on the sidelines of the Trade Fair. These included an agreement between Krasnodar Krai and Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited on investments in the construction of a pharmaceutical plant, a memorandum on cooperation in the field of railway automation systems between National Project Construction (Natsproektstroy) and BULK MRO, and an agreement on establishing a Russian-Indian artificial intelligence competence center in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, signed by Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, the Indo-Russian technology hub Innopraktika, and the Russoft association, along with a number of other agreements.
INNOPROM India was organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India. The event operators were Formika Event on the Russian side and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on the Indian side.