Science, Technology and Innovation - India
The Netherlands and India have been setting up annual research and innovation programs for more than a decade by connecting government, leading research institutes and companies, including start-ups and young entrepreneurs.
Together, we aims at addressing societal challenges in an innovative way and currently have a bilateral knowledge and innovation agenda called WAH! Besides meaning ‘great’ in Hindi, this stands for our focus sectors Water, Agriculture and Health.
At the embassy, the Netherlands Innovation Network works on building partnerships in these sectors, and concentrating on the role Key Enabling Technologies (a.o. AI, biotechnology, space technology) can play. The Netherlands Innovation Network has its presence at the embassy in New Delhi and the consulates in Bengaluru and Mumbai.
Key cooperation projects
Celebrating eighteen years in India, the Netherlands Innovation Network organized the Indo-Dutch Tech Summit 2025 in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. The summit was graced by the Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and IT, and featured a deep dive and forward look on six key sectors the Innovation Network in India has been working on including Semiconductor Technology, MedTech, Water4Change, Clean Hydrogen, Space Technology and Bioeconomy
Semicon and Innovation: Interview with Dep. Vice Minister and Ambassador of NL
Watch this 30-minute interview by The Print media with our Dep Vice-Minister Tjerk Opmeer and Ambassador Marisa Gerards, who discuss how geopolitics and innovation shape each other in the field of semiconductors, AI, talent mobility and more. Learn about our Indo-Dutch Tech Summit, the upcoming Strategic Partnership between The Netherlands and India, tech investments, and let Dr. Swasti Rao guides you with her always sharp and witty questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RNRtjVF9UI&t=45s
Indo-Dutch Joint Working Group
The Innovation Tech Summit was succeeded by the 9th Joint Working Group (JWG) on Science, Technology & Innovation convened in Delhi. Besides Department of Science & Technology, India and Ministerie van Economische Zaken the JWG brought together decision-makers from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the Department of Biotechnology, India, The Dutch Research Council (NWO) , Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), and Ministry of Economic Affairs (EZK), Netherlands. The JWG focused on aligning research and innovation priorities and focus for the coming years, with a steer towards key-enabling technology as defined in the NTS and India’s tech missions
More information
Are you interested in the field of science, technology and innovation and looking for contacts in India? The Netherlands Innovation Network helps identify opportunities for partnerships in Innovation and R&D.
For more information, see the RVO website. You can also contact us with specific questions. Please use the contact form.