As reported earlier in the December 2024 Newsletter, IIT Bombay and Waaree Energies have signed a non-exclusive MOU to get state-of-the-art equipment for enhancing the laboratory capabilities for characterizing perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells developed by Prof. Dinesh Kabra along with the NCPRE team. On July 15, 2025, as a next step, a grant agreement was signed by Mr. Hitesh Doshi, Chairman and MD of Waaree Group and Prof. Dinesh Kabra, co-PI of NCPRE and founder of the NCPRE start-up ART-PV India, in the presence of the Hon’ble Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Shri Pralhad Joshi at IIT Bombay.
Shri Hitesh Doshi (L) and Prof. Dinesh Kabra (second from R) signed the agreement in the presence of the Hon’ble Minister. Also seen in the photo are Shri Amit Paithankar, CEO Waaree (R) and (in back row, L to R) Prof. Milind Atrey, Deputy Director IITB, Shri Sudeep Jain, Add’l Secretary MNRE and Prof. Shireesh Kedare, Director IITB.