From a 3D-printed rocket engine company in Chennai to a Bengaluru-based electric scooter maker, India’s deeptech ecosystem will get a prominent international showcase when Bharat Innovates 2026 opens in Nice, France, on June 14.
The three-day event at the Palais des Expositions will bring together 120 startups handpicked from across the country, putting them in front of global venture capital, sovereign funds, and innovation bodies from Europe and beyond. It is organised under IIT Bombay as the nodal institute.
PM Narendra Modi, Emmanuel Macron to preside over inaugural session
The opening session on June 14 will be held in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron, signalling the diplomatic weight the two governments have placed behind the India-France innovation corridor.
A formal MoU exchange ceremony for innovation bridges is also scheduled on the same day, presided over by a cabinet minister.
The keynote will be delivered by Infosys founder N. R. Narayana Murthy. Panels will feature co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan, Peak XV Partners managing director Rajan Anandan, SIDBI chairman Manoj Mittal, and Blume Ventures co-founder Karthik Reddy, alongside investors from Bertelsmann and Sony Ventures.
The startups that are part of Bharat Innovates 2026
Agnikul Cosmos, the Chennai-based company building customizable small satellite launch vehicles powered by 3D-printed rocket engines, is among the most closely watched names on the list. So is Ather Energy, the Bengaluru company that designs and manufactures intelligent electric scooters and charging networks.
In space, the lineup also includes EON Space Labs from Telangana, which builds miniaturized electro-optical and infrared payloads for drones and satellites, and Digantara Industries, a Karnataka-based space domain awareness company dedicated to defending orbital assets.
On the AI front, Sarvam AI — listed as Axonwise — is building India’s sovereign full-stack AI platform with foundation models, speech AI, and enterprise agents for Indian languages. Qure.ai is bringing its AI-powered frontline diagnostic and emergency triage platform to the showcase, while QpiAI is representing the emerging quantum-AI space with full-stack quantum computers and software platforms.
In semiconductors, Agnit Semiconductors is positioned as India’s first GaN RF semiconductor company, offering end-to-end materials-to-modules integration for defence, space, and 5G. Kerala’s NetraSemi is developing power-efficient Edge AI SoCs for real-time on-device video analytics without cloud dependency.
The healthcare cohort includes Niramai Health Analytix, which has developed an AI-powered, touch-free and radiation-free portable breast cancer detection test, and ImmunoACT, a clinical-stage biopharma company working on affordable CAR-T cell therapies.
On energy and climate, Exponent Energy is pitching its rapid charging technology that delivers a full charge in under 15 minutes, and Lohum is presenting its critical mineral recycling platform that refines battery-grade material to 99% purity.
Bharat Innovates 2026: The three-day lineup and agenda
Beyond the pitches, the agenda includes a Gallery Walk innovation showcase, a roundtable on French-Indian research and business cooperation, and a session on global deeptech capital corridors. Funding and collaboration announcements are scheduled for the afternoon of June 14, presided over by the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.
