Published on 08 Dec 2025

NTU Singapore, Energy Department, Govt of Odisha, India represented by GRIDCO and IIT-Bhubaneswar launch a five-year research collab to testbed sustainable energy solutions


Front Row from left to right: 
Mr Rutupurna Mansingh, EA to Managing Director, GRIDCO, Odisha, India, Mr Prasanna I V, Programme Manager, Energy Research Institute @ NTU Singapore, Professor Subranshu Samantaray, School of Electrical and Computer Sciences, IIT-Bhubaneswar, Professor Chandrashekhar Narayan Bhende, Dean, Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy I/C, IIT-Bhubaneswar, and Dr Satyapriya Rath, IAS, Managing Director, GRIDCO, Professor Lam Khin Yong, Vice President (Industry), NTU Singapore, Professor Madhavi Srinivasan, Executive Director, Energy Research Institute @ NTU Singapore.

RCA was signed In the presence of: Shri Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri B. V. R. Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog,  Shri Vishal Kumar Dev, IAS, Principal Secretary, Energy, Odisha.

NTU Singapore, the Energy Department of the Government of Odisha represented by GRIDCO LIMITED, and the Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IIT Bhubaneswar) have signed an RCA during the Global Energy Leaders’ Summit in Puri, Odisha, on research, development, test-bedding and deployment of sustainable energy technologies in Odisha. 

The five-year programme, backed by S$10 million / INR 700million in funding from the Energy Department Government of Odisha through GRIDCO – the State-run bulk supplier of power and designated nodal agency for renewable energy projects - builds on the Memorandum of Understanding signed in January 2025 during Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam's official visit to India. 

There will be four pilot R&D test-bedding projects to support Odisha’s clean energy and sustainability goals. These initiatives will emphasise R&D pilot-scale implementation and community engagement, contributing to the shared goal of accelerating large-scale adoption of clean energy technologies across Odisha. 

The RCA was signed by NTU Vice President (Industry), Professor Khin Yong Lam, Dr Satya Priya Rath, Managing Director of GRIDCO and Professor C N Bhende, Dean – SRIC of IIT-Bhubaneswar in the presence of Shri Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri B. V. R. Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog, Shri Vishal Kumar Dev, IAS, Principal Secretary, Energy, Odisha. NTU’s Executive Director of the Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N), Professor Madhavi Srinivasan, attended the signing ceremony.


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