IEW’24 expected to witness 17 Energy ministers from different countries, 35,000+ attendees: Hardeep S Puri

January 30, 2024

New Delhi: “India today on the energy front presents the picture of confidence of positive growth of solutions in many areas.India Energy Week (IEW) represents a golden opportunity toshowcase these developments on the energy front and provide the platform for further development and growth in the energy sector.”, said  Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing &Urban Affairs.

Briefing the media about the important features of 2nd Edition of India Energy Week, being organised in Goa from 6th February to 9th February 2024, the Minister said that India Energy Week 24 is expected to witness 17 Energy ministers from different countries, 35,000+ attendees, more than 900 exhibitors. “I am pleased to share that this time we will have dedicated 6 country pavilions namely Canada, Germany Netherlands, Russia, UK and USA”, he added.

The Minister said that during IEW 2024, a special Make in India Pavilion is being organized with more than 300 exhibitors to showcase innovative solutions Indian MSMEs are spearheading in the energy sector.

 He said, with the number of domestic and international participants this gives them an unparalleled platform to demonstrate their abilities to both domestic and international markets.

Highlighting the increase in scale of the event as compared to first edition, the Minister noted that the number of exhibitors for this IEW 24’ is expected to be more than 900 (30% growth). There is 25% increase in exhibition area (IEW’24 – 18.5k sqm and IEW’23 15k sqm) resulting in  46% increase in revenue from exhibition, he said.

The IEW is just one year old, and the enthusiasm that we see including from international sponsors is very encouraging, the Minister said.

Noting the significant rise in private sponsorship, Shri Puri informed that there has been 81% increase in total revenue from private firms and a 44% increase in number of private sponsors (IEW’24 – 13 and IEW’23 – 9) resulting in more than 3 times private sponsorship revenue than last year.

Building on the incredible success of 1st edition of IEW, the Minister noted that the duration and the number of strategic sessions of IEW’24 have increased from 3 to 4 days. 44% more sessions planned in IEW’24 (Forecasted) including 46 strategic sessions and 46 technical sessions which is more than double the technical sessions in IEW’23, he said.