The Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, along with the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron, is scheduled to jointly inaugurate Bharat Innovates 2026 on 14th June 2026 at Palais des Expositions de Nice, France.
Being organized by the Government of India, Bharat Innovates 2026 is an initiative of the Union Ministry of Education. It will feature 120 Indian innovators, 15 odd Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and over 500 investors, including leading corporates and venture capital firms, along with global CEOs and industry leaders. The event will cover 13 key sectors such as advanced computing, semiconductors, space technology, biotechnology, energy, healthcare, and manufacturing, highlighting India’s growing innovation and Deep Tech ecosystem.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is expected to be accompanied by the Union Minister for External Affairs, Dr S Jaishankar and Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal. Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, Shri Ajay Kumar Sood, who headed the Technical Oversight Committee to select the 120 start-ups from India for Bharat Innovates 2026, is also expected to be present.
The maiden edition of Bharat Innovates 2026 will showcase India’s deep tech innovators and start-ups to the global investors and industry in Nice. The event is expected to serve as a high-impact platform for advancing innovation-led partnerships between India and global stakeholders. Several key announcements and outcomes are expected during the event, including strengthened collaboration frameworks in Deep Tech, research and development, start-up scaling, and cross-border investment facilitation.
The Event will also highlight new avenues for institutional partnerships between Indian and French innovation ecosystems, with a focus on co-development, technology exchange, and acceleration of emerging technologies. Bharat Innovates is designed to connect participating innovators and institutions with investors, corporations, universities, research organisations, and government stakeholders for investments, technology validation, co-development opportunities, pilot projects, manufacturing partnerships, create pathways for technology transfers and absorption, market entry and international scaling of Indian innovations.
Bharat Innovates 2026 is expected to significantly deepen India’s engagement with global innovation networks and reinforce its position as a leading hub for technology-driven growth and entrepreneurship. It is being organised under the aegis of India-France Year of Innovation, which was inaugurated jointly by the Prime Minister of India and the President of France in February 2026 in Mumbai.
