New Delhi, December 10, 2025 – HydroMingle 2025, a collaborative forum focused on addressing India's escalating water challenges, concluded today at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. The event, hosted by GuruJal in partnership with FluxGen Sustainable Technologies and several industry collaborators, brought together innovators, policymakers, and experts to explore and implement sustainable solutions for water management.
The conference comes at a crucial time, with India facing a deepening water crisis exacerbated by over-extraction of groundwater, inefficient irrigation, pollution, and climate change. A recent World Economic Forum report identified water supply shortages as the top risk facing India over the next two years. Experts predict that demand for water in India will double the available supply by 2030. Several major cities are already facing severe water shortages, impacting public health, agriculture, and economic stability.
HydroMingle 2025 served as a "live innovation hub," featuring keynote sessions, panel discussions, technology showcases, and workshops. Participants focused on how digital water intelligence, AI-driven monitoring, nature-based models, and community-led approaches can be leveraged to tackle water management issues.
Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh, from the Ministry of Planning, attended the event and engaged with entrepreneurs and stakeholders involved in water systems, emerging technologies, and nature-based solutions. The Minister emphasized the government's commitment to addressing the water crisis through initiatives like the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, Catch the Rain, Jal Jeevan Abhiyan, and Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari Abhiyan. He expressed strong support for innovations tailored to Indian conditions and scalable for widespread impact.
A key highlight of HydroMingle 2025 was the pitch sessions, where innovators presented a diverse range of solutions. These included nanobubble technologies, mobile wastewater treatment units, ecological recharge interventions, sensor systems, predictive analytics tools, and AI-based platforms designed for monitoring groundwater and water infrastructure. Policymakers, financiers, incubators, and experts from organizations such as AIM–Niti Aayog, AIC–IIT Delhi, Microsoft India, the World Bank, GRIHA Council, TERI SAS, ACWADAM, JSW, and the Embassy of Finland provided valuable feedback to the presenters.
Speakers at the event underscored the critical links between water, food, and energy security in India. They emphasized the urgent need for governance reforms, increased community participation, and the swift deployment of digital technologies to improve water management practices. Discussions also covered financing and CSR innovation, exploring venture and blended finance models to scale water projects, and aligning innovation with institutional and policy frameworks.
HydroMingle 2025 also addressed the theme "Waves of Water Technology – Connecting Systems, Science & Society,” highlighting how nature-based design, smart technology, and financing models can enhance India's water resilience. The event facilitated the creation of new partnerships between startups, corporations, government bodies, and foundations to accelerate water innovation and promote sustainable solutions.
As India faces a critical water decade, HydroMingle 2025 provided a crucial platform for collaboration and innovation, bringing together diverse stakeholders to address the nation's pressing water challenges and work towards a water-secure future.
