The India–UK conference related to green hydrogen standards and safety protocols was convened on 27 February 2026 in New Delhi. It brought together representatives from both India and the UK throughout government, industry, and academia along with standards bodies as well as testing institutions and research organizations, in addition to regulatory agencies so as to make the cooperation on the safe deployment of green hydrogen under the National Green Hydrogen Mission of India more robust.
It is well to be noted that the conference was organized by the National Centre for Hydrogen Safety – NCHS which is established under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy – MNRE in order to support the National Green Hydrogen Mission, in partnership with the British High Commission in India along with WRI India and also featured major discussions related to regulatory frameworks and global benchmarks, in addition to safety protocols throughout the green hydrogen value chain, which includes production, storage, and transportation along with end-use applications.
The inaugural session began with the context-setting remarks by the director general of the National Institute of Solar Energy, Mohammad Rihan.
This was followed by the special addresses made by the mission director of the National Green Hydrogen Mission, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Abhay Bakre; First Secretary – Trade, British High Commission in India, Jinoos Shariati; Anjan Kumar Mishra, Secretary, from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board; and Laura Aylett, the First Secretary for Climate & Energy, British High Commission in India.
Parvinder Maini, the Scientific Secretary, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, who delivered the keynote address, stressed the significance of robust safety frameworks, benchmark development, and also international collaboration in order to help the large-scale rollout when it comes to green hydrogen technologies.
One of the major highlights of the conference was the participation of national regulators who were responsible for the hydrogen safety and standards. The Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation – PESO went ahead and shared regulatory viewpoints on safety compliance and risk evaluation as well as hazard management for hydrogen systems. The Bureau of Indian Standards – BIS went ahead and presented insights on the evolving benchmark framework and ongoing efforts in order to sync Indian hydrogen standards to those of international best practices.
Technical sessions in the conference went ahead and featured presentations as well as discussions by eminent experts from industry and academia along with research institutions related to safety practices throughout the hydrogen value chain. Speakers happened to be representatives from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, the Automotive Research Association of India, NTPC Limited, Cochin Shipyard Limited, Arup, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, and Cochin University of Science and Technology as well as the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
Addressing the gamut of safe deployment of green hydrogen, the sessions went on to have safety practices in hydrogen end-use applications, along with safe design and operation when it comes to hydrogen production and storage as well as transportation systems, risk evaluation methodologies, incident case studies, and emerging innovations like advanced sensor technologies along with AI-enabled tracking for hydrogen safety. The conference ended with a shared commitment from both India and the UK in order to strengthen the collaboration related to standards development, safety frameworks to support the reliable and large-scale deployment of green hydrogen technologies, and regulatory capacity building.
Apparently, the deliberations are most likely to contribute toward the ongoing efforts as per the National Green Hydrogen Mission in order to build an overall safety ecosystem and also help with the growth of a dependable and globally competitive green hydrogen sector throughout India.