Shripad Naik Emphasises Indigenous Technology and Clean-Energy Innovation at 6th India Green Energy Awards
The 6th India Green Energy Awards honoured 19 organisations for contributions to clean energy, while an accompanying seminar explored how biomass, compressed biogas and agricultural residues can strengthen energy security, create rural employment and support farmers' incomes.
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The Indian Federation of Green Energy (IFGE) hosted the 6th India Green Energy Awards (IGEA), supported by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. The awards ceremony was held on 14 October 2026 at Atal Akshaya Urja Bhawan, New Delhi, alongside a seminar titled “Bio Pathways to Net Zero: Biomass & Bioenergy”.
Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy and Power, presented the awards at the ceremony. In his address, he emphasised the importance of collaboration between the government and industry in strengthening indigenous technologies, domestic manufacturing and the wider adoption of practical clean-energy innovations. He highlighted the importance of recognising solutions that have progressed beyond the conceptual stage to implementation and can inspire wider adoption.
The awards recognised organisations for their contributions across renewable energy, bioenergy, clean mobility, waste management, carbon capture, utilisation and green-energy financing.
List of Awardees
| Company Name | Award Category |
|---|---|
| Outstanding Contribution | |
| HPCL Renewable and Green Energy Limited | Solar Power Producer |
| Aditya Green Energy Private Limited | EPC Contractor in Solar Power Sector |
| Flovel Energy Private Limited | Equipment Manufacturer in Hydro Power Sector |
| Reliance Industries Limited | Compressed Biogas Producer |
| Steer Engineering Private Limited | CBG Equipment Manufacturer |
| NTPC Limited | Biomass Co-firing |
| Merino Industries Limited | Biomass Consumer |
| Godavari Biorefineries Limited | Biomass Producer |
| Swaraj Green Power & Fuel Limited | Sugar Ethanol Producer |
| Unique Work | |
| NIIF Infrastructure Finance Limited | Renewable Energy Financing |
| S.S. Gas Lab Asia Private Limited | CCUS Sector |
| Hindustan Waste Treatment Private Limited | Waste Management |
| TATA Capital Limited | Electric Vehicle Financing |
| Unique & Innovative Work | |
| IX Energy Private Limited | Electric Vehicle Sector |
| Special Recognition | |
| Clean Wind Power Ratlam Private Limited | Wind Power Producer |
| REnergy Dynamics Private Limited | EPC Contractor in CBG Sector |
| Grass Roots Research & Creation (INDIA) Private Limited | Consultant in Grain Ethanol Sector |
| Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited | Electric Vehicle Charging |
| Special Recognition – Innovative Solutions | |
| Biofuel Circle Private Limited | Biomass Supply Chain |
Jury and Institutional Partners
The jury for the 6th India Green Energy Awards comprised eminent experts and industry leaders: Dr G. Sridhar, former Director General of SSS-NIBE; Sanjay Bandopadhyay, IAS (Retd.), former Chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India; Dr Anjan Ray, former Director of CSIR-IIP; Dr Ashvini Kumar, Adviser to the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation and former Managing Director of SECI; Dr S.S.V. Ramakumar, EVP and CTO of Greenko/AM Green; Prafulla Pathak, President of SESI; Subodh Kumar, Adviser to the National Team at IFGE and former Executive Director of Indian Oil; Sunil Bhatnagar, Additional Director at SwitchLabs; and Satish Upadhyay, Chairperson of IFGE-BBPF and former Mission Director of SAMARTH.
Bio Pathways to Net Zero: Biomass & Bioenergy
The seminar explored the National Bioenergy Programme, the GOBARdhan framework, compressed biogas (CBG), biomass aggregation, biomass co-firing under the SAMARTH Mission, digestate utilisation and emerging biomass-based products.
The speakers included Dr Sanjay Kumar Shahi, Scientist E, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India; Ashish Kumar, Vice-President of IFGE and Managing Director of Verbio India; Dr Subodh Kumar, Senior Adviser, CHT, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Adviser to the National Team at IFGE, and former Executive Director of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL); Ravi Prakash Agarwal, Mission Director of the SAMARTH Mission; Abhimanyu Bansal, Vice-President and Head of Biomass Densification and Biomass-to-Bio-bitumen, New Energy Division, Reliance Industries Limited; Dinesh P. Singh, Business Head – Fertiliser, Reliance Industries Limited; Kumar Neelendu, Founder and CEO of Farmwatt Innovations Pvt. Ltd.; Aman Kwatra, National Co-ordination, IFGE-BBPF; and Sanjay Ganjoo, Director General of IFGE.
The speakers highlighted bioenergy's potential to strengthen energy security, increase farmers' incomes, generate rural employment and reduce industrial emissions. Key priorities included commercially viable projects, reliable feedstock supply chains, efficient logistics, assured offtake and stronger markets for bioenergy products and by-products.
Discussions covered the National Bioenergy Programme; compressed biogas under the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiative and the GOBARdhan framework; biomass utilisation under the SAMARTH Mission; and emerging opportunities in biochar, bio-bitumen and organic fertilisers.
Participants emphasised the need for policy stability, improved project economics, efficient biomass aggregation and integrated value chains to accelerate the growth of India's bioenergy sector.
