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HyGOAT Founder on Doordarshan: Green Hydrogen, AI, and India's Path to 2047
Ekansh Sharma
Founder, HyGOAT | Hydrogen Certification Specialist
National Television, National Conversation
On February 28, 2026 — National Science Day — HyGOAT founder Ekansh Sharma appeared as an expert panelist on Doordarshan (DD Jhalana), India's national public broadcaster. The episode explored the theme "Women in Science, Stimulating Viksit Bharat" (विज्ञान में महिलाएं, विकसित भारत के लिए उत्प्रेरण).
Alongside Dr. Kanupriya Sadev, Physics Professor and Dean of Student Welfare at MAIT, the discussion ranged across green hydrogen's role in India's energy transition, the democratization of AI, and what it takes to build a $30 trillion economy by 2047.
This wasn't a paid placement or a LinkedIn Live. Doordarshan is India's national public broadcaster — the equivalent of appearing on BBC or PBS. When DD dedicates airtime to green hydrogen, it signals that the technology has moved from niche industry concern to mainstream policy discussion.
Key Moments
On science as practice, not theory:
"विज्ञान एक जीवन शैली है" — Science is a lifestyle.
Science isn't something that happens in laboratories. It's a way of approaching every problem — from electrolyzer efficiency to compliance documentation. This framing set the tone for the entire conversation.
On India's innovation identity:
"जुगाड़ is a form of innovation — frugal innovation."
Ekansh framed India's instinct for resourceful problem-solving as a genuine competitive advantage in the global clean energy race — not a workaround, but a methodology. When Indian hydrogen producers figure out how to meet EU compliance standards at a fraction of European costs, that's frugal innovation in action.
On AI and access:
"AI models ये सारी access democratize कर रहे हैं" — AI models are democratizing all this access.
The conversation connected AI's role in making compliance knowledge accessible to smaller hydrogen producers who can't afford EUR 50,000 consulting engagements. The same regulations that fill 200-page EU Delegated Acts can now be structured into screening tools that any project team can use.
On risk and progress:
"Risk aversiveness को थोड़ा त्यागना पड़ेगा" — We need to shed our risk aversion.
A direct challenge to India's institutional tendency toward caution over experimentation. The hydrogen economy requires capital-intensive bets on technology that's still proving itself commercially. Countries that move first — even imperfectly — will capture the market.
On India's trajectory:
"भारत एक 30 trillion dollar economy बन जाएगा" — India will become a $30 trillion economy by 2047.
The hydrogen economy is one of the building blocks. India's Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme (GHCI), the SIGHT incentive programme worth thousands of crores, and the country's eligibility for EUR 1.18 billion in H2Global contracts are all part of this trajectory.
What This Means for the Hydrogen Ecosystem
Three things stood out from the broader conversation:
1. Green hydrogen is now a mainstream topic. When Doordarshan covers it alongside women in science and Viksit Bharat, it's no longer a niche engineering discussion. Policy makers, investors, and the general public are paying attention.
2. India's dual advantage is real. Low-cost renewable energy combined with a growing domestic market (GHCI) and export access (RFNBO/H2Global) gives Indian producers a positioning that few other countries can match. But only if compliance readiness keeps pace with production ambition.
3. Access matters more than technology. The technology to produce green hydrogen exists. What's missing is accessible infrastructure for compliance — the screening, documentation, and verification workflows that turn a hydrogen project into a certified, tradeable product. That's exactly what HyGOAT is building.
Watch the Full Conversation
The complete episode is available on YouTube (Hindi):
The discussion runs approximately 30 minutes and covers green hydrogen, AI democratization, frugal innovation, data sovereignty, and India's Vision 2047.
HyGOAT's H2GS is a compliance screening tool for green hydrogen projects. We screen against India's GHCI scheme and the EU's RFNBO standard. Run a free screening →