about ITES
The flagship UK-India initiative shaping the clean transport future
Innovating for Transport and Energy Systems (ITES) is a landmark, government-backed collaboration designed to drive Net Zero innovation, drastically reduce emissions, and deliver better futures – in the UK, India and beyond.
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SMEs supported
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Collaborative pilots enabled
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Knowledge sharing activities
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Stakeholders engaged
PEOPLE AND PARTNERSHIPS
Unique collaboration
Planet-wide problems can’t be tackled alone. ITES works with visionary CEOs, innovators, investors, world-leading researchers, and policymakers to tackle tomorrow’s toughest challenges together.
SME AND STARTUP SUPPORT
Powering innovators
With unrivalled access to incubation support, industry-backed pilots, and international markets, ITES offers high potential innovators a safer springboard to test, fund and scale solutions across India and the UK, at their pace.
PILOT AND RESEARCH PROJECTS
Market led, impact driven
Working across private and public sectors, ITES partners with leaders on award-winning projects to solve high-priority practical problems, create business ecosystems, and support Sustainable Development Goals.
EXPERTISE AND FOCUS AREAS
Turbocharging Net Zero
ITES takes clean transport further, faster, thanks to its unique perspective across the whole transport and energy system. World-class capabilities, tools and experience mean that ITES can better find solutions, validate and scale outcomes, and unlock acceptance and collective action for market – and Net Zero – success.
ITES is a base for UK-India superpower partnerships and programmes that shape the future of Net Zero transport systems.
This initiative will help accelerate the development of innovative solutions in India and overseas that bring us closer to our shared goal of Net Zero emissions – an ambition that can only be realised with international collaboration.
Sarah Fallon, Regional Director, Science and Technology
British High Commission, New Delhi
Latest opportunity
UK innovators – scale up in India with a major new challenge call
Want government-backed support to access one of the world’s fastest-growing energy markets?
This major new ITES programme will help UK innovators fast track solutions to market that tackle energy system and transport decarbonisation challenges in India. SMEs of all stages and sizes will benefit from unrivalled support from innovation experts Energy Systems Catapult, the Indian Institute of Science, and Social Alpha.
Limited places available.
Collaboration opportunities
Strategic and impact partnerships
Our leading impact partnerships tackle Net Zero’s toughest challenges together. We work with global sector leaders to turn cutting-edge innovations into cleaner air, sustainable growth, and better futures for cities, communities and citizens.
Industry pilots and accelerators
Our pilot programmes offer industry, government, and research partners unrivalled access to market-leading solutions and the brightest and best innovators at the vanguard of sustainability challenges in the UK & India.
Innovator calls
We open doors for innovative businesses, whatever your stage or size. As part of our innovator cohorts, we help startups tackle scalability in India with go-to-market support, demonstrators, and access to potential clients, funders and investment.
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