New Delhi: BRICS leaders on Saturday visited the Bharat Innovates exhibition at Bharat Mandapam, showcasing India's growing capabilities in innovation, technology and entrepreneurship.
India's 37 deep-tech innovations were showcased at the 'Bharat Innovates Exposition' at Bharat Mandapam here from September 11 to 12 on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit.
Advanced floating solar PV platform for complex water bodies, full-stack marine robotic platform for critical infrastructure inspection, rare earth-free e-powertrain, AI-enabled cervical cancer screening delivering risk assessment in under 60 seconds and AI-enabled foetal monitoring platform are among the innovations on display at the exposition organised by the Ministry of Education (MoE) in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Bharat Innovates is a flagship programme of the MoE. It is designed as a global accelerator for innovations from the Indian higher education ecosystem -- building a long-term collaboration between India's innovation ecosystem (start-ups, Higher Education Institutions, labs and research parks) and global stakeholders (corporates, investors, incubators or accelerators, universities, research institutes, governments and overseas alumni).
"Bharat Innovates is designed to take innovation emerging from higher education and research institutions to the world," Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi said earlier in the day.
The exposition was being held alongside the BRICS Business Forum, providing participating innovators an opportunity to network with CEOs, investors, business leaders and industry representatives from BRICS member countries. This will facilitate opportunities for B2B engagements, technology partnerships, investment discussions, business linkages and international market access.
The BRICS Bharat Innovates (BBI) Exposition at Bharat Mandapam marks the second major exposition of India's deep-tech start-ups in 2026 after the maiden edition of Bharat Innovates that was held in Nice, France from June 14-16.