Convergence Platform for Industrial Challenge
Climate Action: One Atmosphere, One Mission
11-12 September 2025
Introduction
In the face of accelerating climate change and rising sustainability demands, industries today need more than compliance—they need innovation, collaboration, and purpose-driven action. The Convergence Platform for Industrial Challenge 2025 is a first-of-its-kind initiative in Odisha, bringing together industries, startups, academia, regulators, and investors on a single stage to co-create climate-smart solutions. This program envisions a powerful shift from problem identification to solution adoption by bridging real-world industrial challenges with the resourcefulness of emerging technologies.
About BCKIC
The Bhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster (BCKIC) Foundation is a flagship initiative of the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, guided by PM-STIAC. It fosters collaboration among research institutions, academia, industry, startups, and government bodies through a Hub & Spoke model. BCKIC drives technology development, deployment, and commercialization, contributing to inclusive growth.
Thematic Areas
Air Quality and Pollution Reduction
Sustainable Waste Management
Carbon Accounting & Circular Economy
Blue Economy
Sponsorship
Objectives
- Enable matchmaking through collaborative innovation to address real-world industrial and environmental challenges.
- Connect industries, startups, academia, and regulators for co-creating sustainable solutions.
- Facilitate pilot projects, funding support, and on-ground implementation.
- Support SPCB in identifying scalable, policy-compliant innovations.
Envisioned Impact
- Scalable solutions for pollution reduction, waste management, carbon circularity and blue economy.
- Strengthened ecosystem partnerships for sustainable development.
- Increased CSR and innovation funding towards sustainable technologies and climate innovation.
- Establishing Odisha as a national model for climate-focused industrial convergence and enhanced visibility for SPCB as enablers of innovation.
