Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni decided to elevate India-Italy relations to the level of a ‘Special Strategic Partnership’ in clean technologies, semiconductors, automotive, energy, digital technologies, critical raw materials, and others.
The two leaders announced the creation of INNOVIT India, an innovation hub located in India aimed at strengthening cooperation between the respective innovation ecosystems, support startup acceleration programmes, market access and business matching, joint research, university collaboration, and talent mobility in sectors, including semiconductors, logistics and supply chains, energy, quantum computing, and Artificial Intelligence (AI), among others.
Building on the 2025–2027 Executive Program for Scientific Cooperation, they supported the implementation of joint projects and the facilitation of mobility of researchers in renewable energy, green hydrogen, sustainable blue economy, and quantum technologies.
Recognising the strategic priority both countries attach to Africa, the two prime ministers agreed to work together in trilateral initiatives with African partners in Public Infrastructure (DPI), agriculture, education, healthcare, AI, connectivity and infrastructure and renewable energy in line with India’s development partnership in Africa and Italy’s Mattei Plan.
