The convention will deliver collectively specialists, buyers and policymakers to speed up carbon seize deployment in India amid rising coverage push and funding assist.
March 26, 2026. By News Bureau
GPS Renewables, a full-stack biofuels firm, will host The Boring Climate Conference 2026 on March 28, at Taj MG Road, Bengaluru. The occasion will deliver collectively researchers, business leaders, buyers and policymakers to look at how India can scale Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS).
The Boring Climate Conference comes at a time when there’s vital push from the Union Government to speed up CCUS applied sciences. The Union Budget 2026-27 allotted INR 20,000 crore to advance CCUS applied sciences in heavy industries, a scheme that will support the decarbonisation objectives of 5 excessive-emitting industrial sectors: energy, metal, cement, refineries and chemical substances. India already has operational pilots underway, together with the carbon seize facility at NTPC Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station. With elevated coverage assist, the main focus is now shifting from analysis and pilots to giant-scale deployment.
The convention brings collectively a number of members of the High-Level Task Force constituted by the Department of Science and Technology to outline a phased nationwide technique for CCUS deployment, together with know-how improvement, regulatory frameworks and infrastructure planning.
Confirmed audio system embody Dr Ashish Lele, Director, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory and Chair of the High-Level Task Force for India’s CCUS R&D roadmap, Prof. Sebastian C. Peter, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Prof. Rajnish Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Prof. Chinmoy Ranjan, Indian Institute of Science. Dr Anjan Ray, VC and power transition skilled, Ashish Goel, co-founder at Optimist, former Urban Ladder founder and a local weather tech investor, and Vishnu Rajeev, associate at Speciale Invest will deliver the investor perspective, whereas Ms Sushma Rawat, former director of exploration at ONGC brings the business perspective.
Nipun OS, Chief Sustainability Officer, GPS Renewables, mentioned, “The Boring Climate Conference is an effort to bring together researchers, industry leaders, investors and policymakers to discuss some of the most complex challenges in India’s climate transition. Through this conference, we want to create a platform where different stakeholders can come together to identify key challenges, explore solutions, and focus on what it will take to move climate-positive technologies from research to real projects in India.”
The convention was born out of The Boring Climate Podcast, which over three seasons has explored local weather change points uniquely confronted by India and what’s being completed to bridge the hole between analysis and implementation.