Indian Chemical News (ICN), India's No. 1 portal covering Chemical, Petrochemical, and Energy, is organising a Session on Risk, Reward, and Reality: Strategies for Consortium Building and Rapid Project Execution during day-long Coal Gasification Conference on August 21, 2026 at Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi. 

The theme of the conference is “Coal Gasification: Scaling Technology for High-Ash Indian Coal”. 

Please register as a delegate for the conference by clicking on the link 

(https://www.indianchemicalnews.com/coal-gasification-2026/register.php) 

Coal gasification in India faces complex technical and financial hurdles that require strategic consortiums, risk-sharing models, and a pragmatic look at high-ash domestic coal constraints. Key areas include balancing massive capital outlays against import-substitution rewards, mitigating technology-feedstock risks, and leveraging government incentives for rapid execution. 

The Indian government has established the National Coal Gasification Mission, aiming to gasify 100 million tonnes of coal by 2030. This goal was recently bolstered by a massive Rs. 37,500 crore financial incentive scheme for surface coal and lignite gasification projects. India needs coal gasification technology to reduce heavy import dependence on key chemicals and cleaner fuels, utilize massive domestic coal reserves, and transition toward lower-emission industrial processes. 

The primary objective of Coal Gasification Summit is to address the unique technicalities of gasifying Indian high-ash content coal (typically ranging from 25 - 45% ash) and exploring technology variants designed by Indian and overseas players. The Summit aims to map out how converting India’s massive, high-ash domestic coal reserves into Syngas which can help in making downstream value added products like Synthetic Natural Gas, Urea, Ammonium Nitrate, Methanol, DME, and Chemicals thereby helping India to be self-reliant.  

Speakers are: Dr. Alok Sharma, Former Director - R&D, IOCL; Vishal Choudhary, Scienticst (F), Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India; Naveen Ahlawat, Head - Sustainability & Decarbonisation, Jindal Steel; Vaibhav Kakulte, President - Business Development & Corporate Planning, Greta Energy;  Lovesh Singla , Senior Vice President, SBI Caps; and Viswanathan Rajendran, Partner, Kearney. 

The Summit aims to discuss navigating the guidelines, eligibility criteria, and application processes for the government's latest financial outlays, project financing, risks, and strategies to successfully draw the projected Rs. 2.5–3 lakh crore investments required to meet national targets.  

Points to be discussed during the panel discussion are: Consortium Building (JVs with PSUs); Role of Parties across Project Lifecycle; Risk Sharing; Capital Intensity & Financing Costs; Financial Incentives; Water and Land Acquisition; and Offtake and Revenue Diversification. 

The Coal Gasification Conference is organised in association with Latitude Energy and Kearney.