Battery Summit 2026 | Building the Battery Manufacturing Backbone for India’s Energy Transition

Batteries will play a central role in India's development pathway by enabling electric mobility, renewable energy integration, stationary energy storage, and a broader low-carbon economy. With this in mind, building a resilient, circular, and self-reliant battery ecosystem will be critical for strengthening energy security, industrial competitiveness, and economic growth.

The Battery Summit 2026, convened under the theme Towards a Self-Reliant Battery Ecosystem in India, will bring together policy-makers, industry leaders, researchers, innovators, financiers, and development partners to discuss the future of India's battery value chain. The summit will focus on key pillars, including battery manufacturing, production technologies, critical minerals and processing, recycling and circularity, and emerging battery innovations.

As part of the Summit, this panel, organized by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, will examine the opportunities and challenges associated with scaling up domestic battery manufacturing. The discussion will explore pathways to move from announced manufacturing capacity to commercially competitive production, while strengthening industrial linkages, reducing import dependence, and building a future-ready battery ecosystem.

The panel will examine:

• scaling up battery manufacturing from policy support to operational production
• strengthening domestic capacity for equipment, components, and supply chains
• preparing for evolving technologies and changing battery chemistries
• mobilizing finance and improving cost competitiveness to attract original equipment manufacturers and build investor confidence
• develop skills, safety systems, and quality standards for world-class manufacturing

The discussion will contribute to broader national efforts to establish a globally competitive battery manufacturing ecosystem capable of supporting India's clean energy transition and long-term industrial development.

Speakers

Swasti Raizada, Senior Policy Advisor, IISD

Kuldeep Rana, Scientist, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Kiriti Varma, Co-Founder and COO, Altmin

Ankur Khaitan, Managing Director and CEO, TACC Limited

Akanksha Tyagi, Programme Lead, CEEW

Yogesh Sharma, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and co-founder, Indi Energy