DPIIT and Voltas Limited Sign MoU for Cooling and Smart Appliance Innovation
In March 2026, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoC&I) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Voltas Limited, a Tata Enterprise, to promote collaboration between industry and start-ups in the cooling and smart appliance ecosystem.
In March 2026, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoC&I) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Voltas Limited, a Tata Enterprise, to promote collaboration between industry and start-ups in the cooling and smart appliance ecosystem.
- The MoU was signed by Sumeet Kumar Jarangal, Director at DPIIT, and Mukundan Menon, Managing Director of Voltas Limited, in New Delhi, Delhi.
About Industry–Start-up collaboration:
Focus Areas:The partnership targets technologies in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), advanced control systems, power electronics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning(ML) diagnostics, Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled appliances, and manufacturing digitalisation.
Initiatives: Startup India initiative under DPIIT and Voltas will organise ‘Bharat Startup Grand Challenge(BSGC) innovation challenges’ and hackathons addressing industry problems.
Support and PoC:Selected start-ups will receive mentorship, technical guidance, testing infrastructure access, and market linkages, and may participate in Proof-of-Concept (PoC) programmes and field trials with Voltas engineering teams.
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