The award was presented by Prof. Gobardhan Das (Member, NITI Aayog) and Prof. Suman Chakraborty (Director, IIT Kharagpur), at the Institute’s Platinum Jubilee Foundation Day ceremony.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 24: Dr. Nishanth Dongari, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at IIT Hyderabad and Founder of PUR Energy Limited (PURE Energy), has been conferred the prestigious Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award 2026 by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, as part of the Institute’s Platinum Jubilee Year celebrations.
The award recognizes Dr. Dongari’s pioneering work on PuREPower: India’s First All-In-One Integrated Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), a technology developed to accelerate India’s transition to reliable, decentralized clean energy for homes and businesses. The Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award is presented annually by IIT Kharagpur to encourage, recognize, and promote outstanding technical innovation and technology commercialization by Indian technologists, and commemorates the legacy of the Institute’s distinguished alumna, Dr. Nina Saxena.
The award was formally conferred at IIT Kharagpur’s Platinum Jubilee Foundation Day ceremony on 18 August 2026.
PuREPower was engineered to address a distinctly Indian problem: unreliable grid power paired with the rising cost and inconvenience of diesel generators and conventional inverters. As an integrated hybrid solar and power backup product, PuREPower combines solar charging and advanced lithium-ion storage into a single compact, indoor-friendly product, eliminating the need for separate inverters, batteries, and outdoor installations. The product features a sub-10-millisecond automatic switchover, AI-driven battery management, and compatibility with solar and grid-export policies such as PM Surya Ghar, positioning it as India’s first fully indigenous, end-to-end engineered BESS product.
Dr. Dongari’s dual role as an academic at IIT Hyderabad and an entrepreneur building deep-tech hardware reflects PURE Energy’s continued commitment to research-driven innovation in the renewable energy and battery storage space. Under his leadership, PURE Energy has expanded its footprint across India’s residential and commercial BESS, with PuREPower emerging as the country’s first fully integrated, India-engineered energy storage products.
About PURE Energy (PUR Energy Limited)
PURE Energy is an IIT Hyderabad-incubated deep-tech company building India’s energy storage and clean mobility infrastructure. Its flagship product line, PuREPower, offers all-in-one hybrid solar and battery backup products for homes and businesses, while PURE EV addresses sustainable electric two-wheeler mobility.
For more information, visit www.pureenergy.co.in
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