Under his strategic direction, NLC India Limited has aggressively advanced its corporate transformation agenda by placing a clear emphasis on renewable energy expansion, operational excellence, sustainability, and rapid digital adoption. The enterprise has significantly strengthened its market position across lignite mining, thermal power generation, and clean energy solutions, which has substantially enhanced investor confidence and created long-term stakeholder value. This latest milestone further reinforces NLC India’s standing as a premier integrated energy and mining powerhouse actively steering India toward a more secure and sustainable energy future.

Scheduled to take place on 29–30 May 2026 at the Jio World Convention Centre, the event is presented by the Government of Maharashtra (GoM) and co-powered by Meta. Under this year’s theme, “AI in Action,” MTW 2026  marks a decisive shift from experimentation to real-world deployment, highlighting how AI is enabling businesses to become more efficient & innovate faster.

The festival will feature AI showcases from companies including Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI, alongside other leading national and international organisations. The two-day event will also feature AI Excellence Awards 2026, an Early Stage Startup Showcase, an AI-powered Job Fair, Masterclasses, Stories Unplugged sessions, and city-wide satellite events across Mumbai from 25 to 28 May 2026.

“AI adoption accelerates when more people can engage directly with the technology — whether by building with it, understanding its real-world applications, or experiencing it in action at scale. At a time when conversations around responsible innovation, inclusive growth, and bridging digital divides are becoming increasingly important, we believe access to platforms like Mumbai Tech Week can help enable wider participation across India’s technology ecosystem. Through this National Technology Day offer, we wanted to make that access wider and more inclusive,” said Naiyya Saggi, Governing Council Member, TEAM.

Marking National Technology Day on 11 May, the limited-period offer aims to encourage broader participation from across India’s dynamic technology and innovation ecosystem. From aspiring entrepreneurs and startup founders to developers, tech professionals, researchers, and emerging AI innovators, the initiative seeks to unite the next generation of changemakers driving India’s AI and technology revolution.

As Mumbai continues to strengthen its position as one of India’s leading technology hubs, MTW 2026 will spotlight the city’s expanding role in advancing AI adoption, startup momentum, and enterprise transformation. Through industry-led conversations, live showcases, and city-wide experiences, the festival captures the scale and energy of Mumbai’s rapidly evolving technology ecosystem.

Passes can be booked between 10–12 May 2026 through the official website: Mumbai Tech Week 

Under his leadership, NLC India has seen a massive transformation, including a fourfold increase in market capitalization and a significant shift toward renewable energy and digitalization. Upon receiving the award, Shri Motupalli dedicated the achievement to the entire NLC India workforce, emphasizing that their collective teamwork is what fuels the company’s success. He reaffirmed the organization’s commitment to sustainable growth and enhancing India’s energy security through green initiatives and operational excellence.

Vedanta produces the four most widely used metals in the world – iron (for steel production), aluminium, copper and zinc. These are the four most important metals that make modern life possible. From primary applications such as building & construction, defence, aerospace, power generation, automotive etc, these metals are now powering tomorrow’s new-age tech such as renewable energy, energy storage, biotechnology, nanotechnology, space exploration, and hi-tech manufacturing.

Simultaneously, the company is building its critical minerals footprint, exploring copper, nickel, cobalt, chromium, vanadium, tungsten and Platinum Grade Elements (PGEs) across states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and Chhattisgarh, supported by India’s policy push for mineral security.

Globally, there are about 3,000 technological applications of aluminium across various industries, whereas India has explored only about 300 so far. Vedanta alone produces nearly 60% of India’s aluminium and finds its usage in developing advanced technologies owing to its exceptional properties of lightweight, high strength-to-weight ratio and infinite recyclability. The company is expanding its value-added aluminium products capacity in billets and rolled products. Aluminium billets are used in aerospace, defence and solar power sectors while aluminium rolled products are used in modern high-speed railways, electric vehicles, pharmaceuticals and new-age battery enclosures.

As the world’s largest integrated zinc producer, Vedanta’s Hindustan Zinc is exploring uses beyond zinc galvanization of steel to protect it from rust, which currently accounts for over 60% of global zinc demand. Its latest range of value-added alloys, HZDA-3 and HZDA-5 (Hindustan Zinc Die-Casting Alloys), have a wide range of uses across automobiles, defence, household appliances, sanitary-ware etc.

Emerging research identifies zinc-based batteries as safe, cost-effective, and recyclable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. Zinc batteries offer high thermal stability, non-flammability, and high performance across extreme temperatures. This makes zinc a geopolitically secure and sustainable solution for India’s energy storage systems to store solar power. Advanced applications of zinc, such as in 3D printing, semiconductors, and solid-state energy systems are also rapidly increasing.

Globally, industrial demand for silver reached a record 680.5 million ounces in 2024 (as per The Silver Institute), driven by its indispensable role in renewable energy (photovoltaics), AI-powered consumer electronics, wearables and nanotechnology. Hindustan Zinc is India’s only primary silver producer, and the market presents a massive opportunity to align domestic consumption with global tech trends.

Silver’s conductivity and antimicrobial properties also make it critical in healthcare, biotechnology, and data transmission. While silver has a wide array of technological applications globally, India’s utilization of silver in industrial and technological sectors remains limited. As India’s only primary silver producer. 

Copper, a classified critical metal is integral to various sectors, including electrical wiring, renewable energy, transportation, healthcare, and electronics. In India, the utilization of copper is expanding, especially in infrastructure development, renewable energy projects, and the fast-growing electric vehicle market. Vedanta’s position as a leading copper producer presents a strategic advantage to expand and innovate in the applications of copper.

Similarly, steel, iron ore, and ferroalloys continue to be vital for India’s infrastructure, mobility, construction, and shipbuilding sectors. While India is the second-largest producer of crude steel and fourth largest in iron ore, the integration of steel into new-age technologies such as offshore wind structures, EV frames, and hydrogen pipelines is an emerging area still being explored.

Vedanta has long established itself as a leader in energy transition metals and has pioneered the production of low carbon ‘green’ metals. This includes Asia’s first low carbon ‘green’ zinc brand EcoZen and low carbon footprint, ‘green’ aluminium range, branded Restora and Restora Ultra, for customers seeking to decarbonise their operations and reduce the carbon-footprint of their end-products.

With demand for transition metals surging, Vedanta is actively augmenting its production capacities across all businesses. Through its diverse portfolio, technological prowess, and sustainable practices, Vedanta is enabling India’s transition into a future-ready, tech-powered economy. Metals are the foundation of innovation, and India’s potential lies in exploring them to their fullest.

Since 1999, May 11 is celebrated as the National Technology Day to commemorate achievements of innovations and technological excellence in India.

May 11, 1998 was the day when India achieved a major technological breakthrough by successfully carrying out nuclear tests at Pokhran, Rajasthan. The tests were conducted under the leadership of then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

The National Technology Day is meant to symbolise India’s technological creativity and innovations.

In a tweet, PM Modi said: “On National Technology Day, our nation salutes all those who are leveraging technology to bring a positive difference in the lives of others. We remember the exceptional achievement of our scientists on this day in 1998. It was a landmark moment in India’s history.”

“The tests in Pokhran in 1998 also showed the difference a strong political leadership can make,” PM Modi said in another tweet.

The prime minister also posted a video from one of his ‘Mann ki Baat’ programmes in which he spoke about Pokhran, Indian scientists and “Atal Ji’s remarkable leadership”.

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The tests in Pokhran in 1998 also showed the difference a strong political leadership can make.

Here is what I had said about Pokhran, India’s scientists and Atal Ji’s remarkable leadership during one of the #MannKiBaat programmes.

On May 11, 1998, India successfully detonated the ‘Shakti-1’ nuclear bomb in an operation called ‘Pokhran-II’. It was codenamed ‘Operation Shakti’. The test was carried out at Indian Army’s Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan. The underground test marked India’s arrival on the world’s nuclear stage.

The first three detonations took place simultaneously at 3.45 pm on May 11. Two other nuclear devices were detonated simultaneously on May 13.

Following this, Vajpayee announced India as a nuclear state, making it sixth country in the world to join the “nuclear club” and the first country that was not party to the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT).

The NPT is a global treaty signed by the United Kingdom, Russia, China, France and the United States which has the objectives to prevent the increase of nuclear weapons and attain nuclear disarmament.

This was the second instance of nuclear testing conducted by India. The first test was conducted in May 1974 under the codename ‘Operation Smiling Buddha’.

Every year, the Technology Development Board of India (TDB) celebrates the day by awarding the National Award to individuals for their contribution to fields of science and technology.

The day also commemorates the first indigenous aircraft ‘Hansa-3’ which made its test flight at Bangalore on this day. India also performed successful test firing of the Trishul missile on the same day.