Education ministry to host Bharat Innovates 2026 in Paris to link Indian and foreign higher education

The Ministry of Education will organise Bharat Innovates 2026 event in Paris from June 14 to 16 to connect India’s higher education innovation system with global investors, corporates, universities and research institutions.

Ahead of the Bharat Innovates 2026, scheduled in June, the education ministry hosted a pre-event roadshow in Paris to engage global investors, corporates, universities, and research institutions.

The pre-cursor roadshow event in Paris was held to brief potential investors and partners on the scope, objectives and investment opportunities linked with Bharat Innovates 2026, the education ministry said in an official press release.

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Explaining the importance of Bharat Innovates 2026, KM Praphullachandra Sharma, joint secretary, Ministry of Education, said: "Bharat Innovates 2026 plays an important role in strengthening international collaboration, particularly in the context of the India-France Special Global Strategic Partnership.”

Representatives from the Ministry of education, Government of India, Embassy of India at Paris Confederation of Indian Industry and more than 50 representatives from different stakeholders took part in the road show.

Global participants in the event included French business and innovation ecosystems such as La French Tech, VivaTech and key educational institutions in France.

While, senior representatives from ESCP Business School, ESSEC, France, INRIA, École Normale Supérieure, Agence Française de Développement, representatives from Indo-French Chamber of Commerce, and other venture, advisory, legal, industry and start-up networks also took part in the pre-event.

“During the roadshow, it was highlighted that the focus of Bharat Innovates was on 13 frontier technology sectors, including Advanced Computing, Semiconductors, Next-Gen Communications, Advanced Materials and Critical Minerals, Biotechnology, Space and Defence, Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 etc. with an aim to strengthen the bridge between Innovators, Institutions/Academia, Investors and Industry,” the press release said.

“The presence of investors, corporate leaders, academic institutions, innovation platforms, technology companies and Indo-French business associations reflected strong interest in Bharat Innovates 2026 and underlined the Roadshow’s objective of building partnerships between India’s higher education innovation, ecosystem and global stakeholders,” it added.

The Bharat Innovates 2026, introduced in February this year, is a global accelerator for the Indian Education Ecosystem. It aims to take India’s university-led innovations from lab to market and from India to the world.