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As part of India’s ambitious journey toward becoming a US$30 trillion economy by 2047, the Bharat Electricity Summit Strategic Conference emerges as an essential catalyst for advancing the energy systems and strategic frameworks that will power the nation’s long-term growth and enable a clean future.
The Strategic Conference will bring together policymakers, senior executives, global investors and technology innovators for critical dialogue, high-level knowledge exchange and the formation of impactful new cross-sector partnerships. The agenda will align with India’s long-term economic and social goals under Vision 2047, with a focus on the delivery of secure, sustainable and digitally enhanced electrification for India. Discussions will explore integrated planning across clean power generation, smart grid expansion, energy storage and regulatory innovation - driving progress toward a future-ready and inclusive energy economy.
The Bharat Electricity Summit 2026 Strategic Conference will focus on nine core themes, each representing a central strategic pillar of the electrification and digitalisation of future power systems. These themes reflect the most advanced and innovative strategic pathways from across the globe and will provide a comprehensive, tailored framework to guide policymakers and industry leaders in delivering smart, resilient and inclusive electricity grids at scale for India.
International cooperation on electrification, from shared infrastructure, harmonised standards and joint investments, to technology transfer and coordinated initiatives to overcome grid interconnection challenges, is crucial for accelerating progress in transformative clean energy power supply - building flexible national and cross-border networks, inter-continental power connections and High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) links, fostering collaborative partnerships to further the world’s progress towards clean, secure and inclusive electricity for all.
From world-leading achievements in the expansion of resilient and clean installed electricity capacity, to scaling the commercial development of low carbon alternatives and emerging as an exporting powerhouse within global electricity supply chains, India has positioned itself at the forefront of international energy security and sustainable transformation – highlighting India’s growing role in driving global progress for electrification initiatives and markets, and its leadership in facilitating global cooperation on sustainable, affordable and accessible future power supply.
To ensure seamless, stable, and synchronised power flow and close supply-demand gaps, manage risk, and eliminate project delays, all elements of the electrification supply chain must evolve and collaborate – driving electricity infrastructure, supply and consumption growth, from diversifying commodities and raw material procurement sources, through to facilitating the design, manufacturing, distribution, installation, and maintenance of critical technologies and equipment.
The next transformative decade of India’s power sector alone represents a potential trillion-dollar investment landscape of opportunity, with an estimated USD 500 billion required for power transmission grid expansion by 2050 - channeling government financing and PSU capital expenditure, attracting and de-risking Foreign Direct Investment, and building strategic partnerships to facilitate and capitalise on a revolutionary and inclusive new era of expansive electricity capacity, generation and consumption.
At a time of rapid urbanisation, industrialisation and rising electricity demand across India and the Global South, and during an era of geopolitical and supply chain instability, achieving a secure supply of resilient, affordable and accessible power must be balanced with the ongoing shared imperative of delivering on sustainability– forging pragmatic new strategic pathways for diversifying and scaling the clean energy mix, including renewables, green hydrogen and nuclear power, and investing in advanced technology innovations and storage capacity solutions.
The development, scaling and integration of clean energy, AI and digital transformation, advanced hardware and software technology innovation and next generation storage solutions is an essential lever for creating future-ready smart grid infrastructures and low-carbon pathways for robust and affordable electricity - enabling smart, modern and scalable electrification, and driving Make in India’s increasing global leadership in R&D excellence, technology innovation and building thriving startup ecosystems.
To encourage investment, enhance market competition and attract international partners, governments and policymakers must facilitate the ease of doing business - developing transparent policy frameworks, supportive new regulations and clear incentives to engage public and private stakeholders, regional administrations and international partners in cooperation on clean energy development, coordinated supply chain security and infrastructure growth initiatives.
Closing the energy access gap across the developing world must be ranked alongside sustainability as a central objective for global energy transformation, and electrification has the transformative potential to ensure that affordability, accessibility and inclusivity are driving factors in a consumer-centred energy future – electrifying progress, unlocking economic potential and improving the quality of life for millions across growing urban demand centres and remote rural consumption hubs, through the supply of clean, adaptable and decentralised power.
To support the transformation, digital enhancement and massive growth of power grids and supply chains will require a new type of workforce with the diverse multidisciplinary technical knowledge, soft skills and digital expertise needed for designing, implementing and operating complex new infrastructures, while navigating a new era of AI, mechanisation and robotics - meeting the rapidly increasing demand for a future-ready, re-skilled and up-skilled energy workforce, from power engineers and technicians to operators, data analysts, project managers and contractors.
