From 26 February until 1 March 2023 The Crown Prince Couple is on a visit to India to lead the business promotional campaign, which includes a total of 38 Danish companies. The Indian cities New Delhi, Chennai and Agra are the setting for the official visit and a green business promotional campaign which focuses on water and energy in India. On the third day of the visit HRH The Crown Prince delivered the opening speech at the Danish business promotional campaign “Partners for Green and Sustainable Progress”, and, together with The Crown Princess, attended the signing ceremonies between Danish and Indian companies.

During the business promotional campaign, the participating Danish companies are expected to gain insight into additional market opportunities and build up knowledge about new partnerships and new business opportunities in India. In addition, they will gain an understanding of some of the large public investment projects with potential for Danish companies as well as access to relevant decision-makers. The Danish companies take part with different objectives – some are new to the market and participate as part of a larger effort to gain a foothold, while others are already massively present and want to invest further. Denmark makes a substantial contribution to India’s green transition particularly in the areas of energy and water, which are the business promotional campaign’s two sector tracks.

The Crown Prince took part in sessions at the business promotional campaign in which Danish solutions in wind, power-to-X and offshore wind was in focus and was presented to Indian companies and decision-makers. In the coming years, India is expected to become one of the world’s largest markets for renewable energy.

As patron of the Maternity Foundation, HRH The Crown Princess meanwhile visited the hospital All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi to gain insight into the hospital’s and the Maternity Foundation’s work in India. The Crown Princess got an overall impression of the work with pregnancies and problems related to maternal health in India.

Maternity Foundation, which is a Danish organization that works to ensure the life and health of women and infants in connection with pregnancy and births in countries where several population groups do not have access to health services.

During the afternoon Their Royal Highnesses met the participating Danish companies and visited company stands from the Danish business delegation.

Here, representatives from the participating companies talked about their work in the areas of wind energy and energy efficiency.

At the end of the day The Crown Prince Couple was received by India’s President, HE Droupadi Murmu, at the presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhava.

Rashtrapati Bhavan was built when the decision was made to move India’s capital from Calcutta to New Delhi. The palace was ready in 1926 and at that time was called “The Viceroy’s House”. When India got its first president back in 1950, the building was renamed as Rashtrapati Bhavan, which means “The President’s House”.

After the courtesy meeting, President Droupadi Murmu took The Crown Prince Couple on a tour of the presidential palace’s garden, “Amrit Udyan”.