India and the Netherlands deepen clean energy cooperation through a new hydrogen fellowship and academic agreements, strengthening research capacity and accelerating India’s green hydrogen transition.

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• India–Netherlands Hydrogen Fellowship Programme launched to build national capacity by exposing Indian researchers to advanced hydrogen ecosystems and applied research environments in the Netherlands.

• Programme targets Indian doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers and faculty members, focusing on system integration, safety standards, techno-economic analysis and hydrogen deployment readiness.

• Fellowship aligns research outcomes with India’s clean energy priorities, especially hard-to-abate sectors, supporting transition from laboratory research to scalable hydrogen technologies.

• Department of Science and Technology facilitated an academic MoU between University of Groningen and 19 Indian Institutes of Technology for long-term hydrogen research cooperation.

• MoU enables faculty exchanges, student mobility, joint research projects and structured knowledge sharing without automatic financial commitments between participating institutions.

• Initiative supports India’s National Green Hydrogen Mission, Energy Independence 2047 and Net-Zero 2070 goals through international academic and technological collaboration.

• Netherlands’ expertise in hydrogen infrastructure and port-based energy systems strengthens Indo-Dutch partnership for building global human capital in green hydrogen economy.