Dikhyaa Mohanty 
India witnessed a historic step toward coordinated clean-energy action as the Global Energy Leaders Summit (GELS) 2025 concluded in Puri, Odisha. Touted as the country’s first COP-style platform for interstate coordination, the Summit brought together policymakers, industry leaders, researchers, and global experts for two days of discussions, deliberations, and strategic agreements.
The high-level summit culminated in a press briefing attended by Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha (Energy, Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment); Vishal Dev, Principal Secretary, Energy and Electronics & IT; and Vivek Agarwal, Country Head, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
Over two days, GELS brought together a distinguished group of leaders, policymakers, industry CEOs, global experts, and researchers for a structured series of closed-door deliberations, thematic panel discussions, technical deep dives, and knowledge-sharing sessions. These engagements explored frontier issues such as AI-enabled grid security, carbon markets, advanced financing, clean-tech innovation, and institutional reforms. Collectively, they laid the groundwork for a long-term, collaborative platform to guide India’s energy sector toward a clean, resilient, and innovation-driven future.
