The first mega India-Russia International Industrial Trade Fair ‘INNOPROM.India’ will be held during September 9-11 here ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to visit the exposition.
The exhibition is expected to provide new opportunities for direct business engagement, technology partnerships and the development of joint industrial projects between the two countries, people familiar with the matter said. Putin will be visiting India to attend the September 12-13 BRICS Summit.
The planned visit to the exposition by Modi and Putin underscores the high level of attention attached to the development of bilateral industrial and economic cooperation, experts on India-Russia ties said.
The exhibition at the Bharat Mandapam will focus on areas such as mechanical engineering, chemicals, digital technologies, mining and extraction technologies, human-centric technologies and the development of bilateral trade and industrial cooperation, people familiar with the event said.
Russian exhibitors will showcase their latest developments and technological solutions. Among the exhibits will be a model of a nuclear power plant equipped with a VVER-1200 reactor unit, as well as composite products designed for the storage, use and transportation of gas. The exposition will also showcase master alloys and powders made from rare and rare-earth metals, along with models of modern Russian aircraft and helicopters, the people said.
The display from the Russian side will include large-scale construction machinery, a tracked excavator and a backhoe loader, alongside other new road-building equipment, they said. Automated storage systems, industrial and collaborative robots, an intelligent system for managing transportation processes and Russia’s national digital product labelling and traceability system are also expected to be featured. Also showcased will be medical and optical equipment.
A major feature of the exposition will be the National Steel Pavilion. India’s Ministry of Steel and public-sector enterprises including Steel Authority of India Ltd, NMDC Ltd, MOIL Ltd and MECON Ltd are expected to be part of the exposition. KABIL, focused on securing critical and strategic mineral resources from Russia, will also participate, the people said.
Other prominent Indian exhibitors would include Vedanta in mining and metals, Promac in mining machinery and SRB International. ITC will showcase food products and everyday consumer goods.
Russian participants would include Rostec State Corporation, Rusal, State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, Transmashholding (TMH), the Russian Export Center (REC), Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies, UMG, Natzproektstroy, PhosAgro, Arnest UniRus, Sber and Alfa-Bank. Representatives from the Moscow government, the Krasnodar territory, the Republic of Tatarstan and the Chelyabinsk region will also attend, the people said.
“The composition of both the exhibition and the business programme clearly demonstrates the mutual interest of Russia and India across a wide range of industrial sectors,” Andrey Sobolev, trade commissioner of the Russian Federation in India, told ET. “INNOPROM.India is another practical manifestation of the special and privileged strategic partnership between our countries and a platform for advancing complementary national priorities – Atmanirbhar Bharat in India and technological sovereignty in Russia – both of which are supported by the leaders of our two countries,” he said.
“We also see the exhibition as an important instrument for developing new industrial partnerships, expanding business cooperation and contributing to our shared goal of increasing bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2030,” he said.
“INNOPROM is a powerful platform for global collaboration, an opportunity to diversify supply chains, to meet new friends and partners, and to also seek technology in sectors such as advanced manufacturing, green energy, automation and robotics. It is also a great opportunity to access new markets and new customers and create more collaborations across different continents and countries,” said Mr. Ameya Prabhu, Co-Chairman, CII International Council, and Managing Director of NAFA Capital Advisors.
India is one of Russia’s key economic and trade partners. Over the past five years, bilateral trade between the two countries increased nearly sevenfold, exceeding $60 billion in 2025.
The exposition is organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India. The trade fair is supported by the Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in India. The event operators are FormikaEvent and the Confederation of Indian Industry.