Beyond Research Cooperation: What Does It Take to Innovate Across Borders?
The panel discussion will explore how India and Germany can build on their respective strengths, address barriers to cross-border entrepreneurship, and develop new approaches to international innovation cooperation and funding.
The panel will be followed by a networking dinner reception hosted by Arthur Rapp, Director of DWIH New Delhi and the DAAD Regional Office New Delhi, and Michael Ebling, Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Tourism, Energy and Climate of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The event is a part of the launch of our new programme DWIH Innovate – Global Pathways for Science-Based Innovation in India and is supported by the German Consulate General in Bengaluru.
Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), the DWIH Innovate programme builds on our existing start-up and innovation activities and will be offered by the DWIH network in India, Japan, Brazil and the United States. The programme aims to strengthen international knowledge and technology transfer and science-based entrepreneurship by offering deep-tech researchers and start-up founders from Germany opportunities for internships, international collaboration and soft-landing in these four countries.
The programme kicks off in India on 16 November 2026 in Bengaluru with a Deep-Tech Soft-Landing Programme for start-ups from Germany working in the fields of mobility and biotechnology.
Event Information
November 16, 2026, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Bengaluru
Organizer(s): DWIH New Delhi, German Consulate General Bengaluru & Ministry of Economic Affairs, Tourism, Energy and Climate of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Panelists:
– Dr Arabinda Mitra, Advisor, Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer, IIT Delhi
– Anandi Iyer, Director, Fraunhofer India Office
– Dr. Manjusha Shelke, Chief Scientist – CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory and Founder, Rechargion Energy Pvt. Ltd.
– Dr. Mohammed Al-Yusufi, Postdoctoral Researcher, Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Polymer Research IAP
– Dr. Katja Lasch, Head of Division Transregional Scholarship Programmes, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
The event will bring together the first DWIH Innovate soft-landing group to India, start-up founders of Innovators Connect Tandem 2026 Programme, deep-tech researchers and founders from India, research industry and other German delegations and representatives of the Indian innovation ecosystem, providing an opportunity to exchange ideas and explore new avenues for collaboration.
Got questions:
In case of any questions, please write to Dr. Riddhi Mahansaria, Programme Officer-DWIH Innovate, German Centre for Research and Innovation – DWIH New Delhi at mahansaria@dwih.org.