SPRING Water Summit 2023

Over 100 Indo Nordic water stakeholders gather in Delhi

From left to right: Dr Antti Herlevi, Trade Counselor, Embassy of Finland, HE Ms Ritva Koukku-Ronde, Ambassador of Finland to India, Hon Mr Bharat Lal, Director General, National Centre for Good Governance, HE Mr Hans Jacob Frydenlund, Ambassador of Norway to India, Ms Kamilla Kristensen Rai, Counsellor for Urbanisation, Water & Air, Delegation of the European Union to India, Prof Rajnish Calay, Arctic University of Norway and Mr Anshul Jain, Convenor, Indo Nordic Water Forum.

The first ever SPRING Water Summit has been a tremendous success: Over 100 Indian, Nordic and EU water-stakeholders from research organisations, universities, government and private organisations gathered during this summit to discuss challenges and opportunities of Integrated Water Resources Management and Energy Efficiency.

The keynote address was delivered by Hon Mr Bharat Lal, Director General, National Centre for Good Governance and Founder Director of the Jal Jeevan Mission.

The inaugural was also addressed by HE Ms Ritva Koukku-Ronde, Ambassador of Finland to India, HE Mr Hans Jacob Frydenlund, Ambassador of Norway to India and Ms Kamilla Kristensen Rai, Counsellor for Urbanisation, Water & Air, Delegation of the European Union to India.

Companies and organisations from India, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary and Portugal attended the event.

Among others:

Tata Cleantech Capital Limited, Nokia, Ramboll, Sulzer, ifm, ASE INFRA Partners AG, SansOx, Royal HaskoningDHV, Vishvaraj Group, Triveni Engineering & Industries Limited, TERI – The Energy and Resources Institute, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), ABLOY, Valmet, GA Infra, Finnish Water Forum

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The project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 program and the Government of India.

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