The philosophy is clear: build in India, for the world

Founded in 2012 by Mainak Chakraborty and Sreekrishna Sankar, GPS Renewables has grown from a two-member startup into a 900-strong clean-tech leader with revenues crossing ₹ 1,000 crore. In an interaction with CW, Vikraman Venu, Senior Vice President - SAF and Strategic Partnerships, GPS Renewables, discusses Project NG SAF – the company’s collaboration with CSIR-NCL to commercialise India’s first ethanol-to-jet (SAF) technology, marking a milestone in sustainable aviation fuel production and reinforcing India’s leadership in indigenous clean-energy innovation.

How did the collaboration with CSIR-NCL evolve and how did you translate a lab-scale concept into commercial viability?
GPS Renewables explored several global ethanol-to-jet-fuel technologies and discovered that no commercial-scale plant had yet succeeded. This gap inspired the collaboration with CSIR-NCL to develop an indigenous, catalyst-based, ethanol-to-SAF pathway...

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