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

30 Oct 2025 CW Team

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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Infrastructure Transport

30 May 2026

Chembur Metro to Boost East Mumbai Links

MMRDA is advancing eastern Mumbai’s urban mobility network, with the upcoming Chembur Metro Station set to emerge as a key interchange and the Mumbai Monorail preparing for relaunch.Dr Sanjay Mukherjee, Metropolitan Commissioner, MMRDA, conducted a site visit to Chembur Metro Station along with Kanhuraj Bagate, Managing Director, MMMOCL. He also visited the nearby VN Purav Monorail Station to review system preparedness and ease of interconnectivity.Once operational, the interchange is expected to offer commuters across the eastern suburbs quicker access, smoother transfers and seamless conne..

Herrenknecht TBMs Drive Thane–Borivali Tunnel Progress

Herrenknecht India has supplied two of the four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) required for the 11-km Thane–Borivali Twin Tunnel Project being developed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The project is expected to reduce travel time between Thane and Borivali from 60–90 minutes to around 15 minutes while easing congestion across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.The first two Single Shield TBMs, named Nayak and Arjuna, feature 13.34-m cutterhead diameters and are designed for hard-rock excavation. They will be deployed to tunnel through the challenging geological..

KBL Launches Smart Skid Mounted Fire Pump Set

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