Odisha to host Global Energy Leaders’ Summit in December
The Odisha Energy Department has announced the Global Energy Leaders’ Summit (GELS) 2025, to be held in Puri from December 5–7, themed “Powering India: Sufficiency, Balance, Innovation,” focusing on reliable power, sustainability, and sector-wide innovation.
November 14, 2025. By News Bureau
The theme for the Summit is “Powering India: Sufficiency, Balance, Innovation.” These three interlinked priorities focus on ensuring sufficient and efficient power, balancing ecology and economy, and fostering innovative solutions for the sector.
GELS brings together Union and State Energy Ministers and Secretaries, policymakers, innovators, researchers and industry leaders to drive India’s shared energy future. The summit will be the start of a process to set up a platform for dialogue between energy leaders of various states with national and global leaders in the sector.
It will focus on meeting India’s rising energy demand and strengthen reliability and security of supply, promoting sustainable growth without compromising ecological imperatives, and accelerating the energy transition through frontier technologies and digital tools. A key highlight of the Summit will be to take up contemporary and futuristic trends in the energy sector. Topics for discussions include small and modular nuclear plants, green hydrogen, digital security of grids, etc.
The high-impact initiative is being organised in partnership with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK).
This will be the first such pan-India initiative. The concept has led to considerable positive impact in other parts of the world like a forum for Education Ministers and Secretaries in Latin America. Tony Blair Institute, UK, has also set up a community of Energy Ministers of African nations.
Naik welcomed the initiative by Odisha and said, “Energy sufficiency is not only about meeting demand, but ensuring reliability and resilience. GELS will play an important role in achieving Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of sustainability and cooperative federalism and for India to achieve Net Zero by 2070.”
He added that the summit “reflects India’s commitment to an innovation-driven, sustainable energy future.”
Under the leadership of Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Energy, Odisha, who is steering GELS 2025, the event aims to move beyond discussions toward tangible results.
He remarked, “GELS 2025 is not just about dialogue, but about delivery. Every session will conclude with actionable outcomes–clear roadmaps, toolkits, and measurable goals. Odisha is proud to host a Summit of this scale, bringing together global leadership and set the ball rolling for the community of practice of Energy Ministers.
“Through GELS 2025, we aim to create a platform where states can learn from one another and turn innovation into progress, inspired by the vision of PM Modi of stronger and active role of states,” he further said.
Energy Ministers from other countries like Malayasia, Indonesia, Singapore and Bhutan have been invited and are expected to join. Think-tanks from India and overseas, renowned international experts Gareth Walsh, Pierre Noel from Tony Blair Institute will participate in the Summit.
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