| | OCTOBER 20269Rolls-Royce held its Board meeting in India for the first time this week, underscoring the strategic importance of the Indian market to the company. During a three-day visit, Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgiç met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the company's plans for India and opportunities to support the country's priorities across defense, aerospace, and energy.The visit reflects Rolls-Royce's commitment to strengthening partnerships and expanding capabilities in India, where it has maintained a long-standing presence. The company's growth ambitions are supported by established industrial collaborations, a growing engineering footprint, and an expanding manufacturing and supply chain network. The board meeting in India highlights the company's efforts to deepen its engagement with the country and explore opportunities for future growth. India and Ghana have strengthened collaboration in agricultural research, education, and technology transfer through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in New Delhi and the Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI) in Accra, Ghana.The initial phase will focus on vegetable crops, particularly research and development of tomatoes. Under the partnership, ICAR will support the expansion of established agricultural technologies and introduce suitable high-yielding tomato lines and varieties to boost domestic tomato production in Ghana. The collaboration seeks to strengthen links between agricultural research, technology advancement, skill development, and commercial applications. It will promote the adoption of relevant agricultural technologies while supporting sustainable agricultural development and improved living standards in Ghana for farmers and communities. TP Solar Limited, which is the solar manufacturing division of Tata Power and a fully owned subsidiary of Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), has announced impressive manufacturing results for the second quarter of FY27, generating 1 GW of solar modules and 0.9 GW of solar cells from July to September 2026.Sarvam AI has appointed Sashikumar Sreedharan, former Managing Director of Google Cloud India, as its President and Chief Business Officer (CBO), strengthening its business leadership as it expands enterprise AI initiatives. Sreedharan brings extensive cloud computing and enterprise technology expertise to the company as it scales commercial operations around its sovereign AI platform. His responsibilities will include guiding business strategy as Sarvam develops AI models, infrastructure, and applications for enterprises, developers, and government agencies. Sreedharan joins the company after serving as Managing Director of Google Cloud India for over a year. He assumed that position in July 2025, following his tenure as Chief Operating Officer of Google Cloud APAC from September 2023 to July 2025, according to his professional profile. ROLLS-ROYCE EYES INDIA PARTNERSHIPS IN DEFENSE, AEROSPACE, MORETP SOLAR RECORDS 1 GW MODULE, 0.9 GW CELL PRODUCTION IN Q2SARVAM AI NAMES SASHIKUMAR SREEDHARAN AS PRESIDENT AND CBOINDIA, GHANA TO BOOST AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERGLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATION RENEWABLE ENERGY & MANUFACTURINGLEADERSHIP & APPOINTMENTS The Rs.4,300 crore investment is a key element of Tata Power's extensive plan to create a cohesive renewable energy value chain, including local solar equipment production, renewable energy generation, and clean energy offerings. The company's growth in manufacturing coincides with India's push for greater self-sufficiency in solar cell and module production, especially as local demand rises due to renewable energy capacity increases and government programs promoting local manufacturing.
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