Media Release

Mangaluru, Mar 21: Captain Brijesh Chowta, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for Dakshina Kannada constituency, inaugurated the event by lighting the ceremonial lamp and flagging off eight modular industrial hydrogen generation skids from the facility here.

The occasion marked a significant milestone in the commercial deployment of indigenously designed and manufactured electrolyzer technology in India.

Dr Manipaddy Krishna Kumar (coo), Dr Goutham Dalapati (ctoO), and Ramyasri Doddamani Srivastava (director), along with members of the industry and the hydrogen innovation community, were present at the programme.

Dr Manipaddy Krishna Kumar, in his introductory remarks, stated that the modular industrial hydrogen generation skids manufactured locally in Mangaluru represent a first-of-its-kind technology platform in India.

He highlighted that this achievement aligns with the vision of the prime minister and supports India’s National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), while also embodying the “Make in India” and “Local for Global” initiatives.

The dispatch represents a defining transition: from advanced technology development to real-world industrial application. Each skid is a fully integrated, on-site hydrogen generation system engineered and assembled in Mangaluru using Hydgen's proprietary PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyser technology, developed at a level of engineering maturity that remains rare among Indian deep tech companies in the hydrogen space.

The systems are designed for industries that require continuous, high-purity hydrogen on- site and on-demand: eliminating dependence on cylinder logistics, reducing operational costs, and delivering the supply reliability that modern industrial processes demand. Unlike traditional supply models that rely on centralised production and physical transportation, Hydgen's modular architecture allows hydrogen to be generated precisely where and when it is needed.

Underpinning the commercial confidence behind this deployment is a track record of over 1,500 cumulative hours of commercial operational testing, a body of real-world data demonstrating the viability, resilience, and consistent performance of HYDGEN's systems under industrial operating conditions. This is not laboratory data; it is proof accumulated through deployment.

Leadership perspective

"Hydrogen systems must move beyond research environments and into real industrial applications. Mangalore has given us the engineering foundation and the manufacturing discipline to build systems that industries can adopt today. This dispatch is proof that deep tech, built in Karnataka, can meet the demands of modern industry... and scale further from here. "Dr. Mannipady Krishna Kumar, co-founder, Hydgen and Dr Goutham Dalapati (CTO)

Aligned with India's Hydrogen ambitions

This deployment arrives at a moment of accelerating national and state commitment to hydrogen as a strategic industrial energy carrier. India's National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), with its target of producing five million metric tonnes of green hydrogen annually by 2030, has established a clear policy signal for domestic hydrogen technology development.

Karnataka has further reinforced this direction through its own Green Hydrogen Policy, which actively encourages investment in local hydrogen manufacturing and deployment capability. HYDGEN's systems directly embody the "Make in India" and "Atmanirbhar Bharat" imperatives: indigenously designed, locally manufactured, and deployed across India's industrial heartland. As India works to reduce its dependence on imported energy and industrial inputs, the ability to generate hydrogen on-site from domestically engineered systems represents a meaningful step toward energy sovereignty.

A first-of-its-kind technology platform

HYDGEN's modular electrolyser systems are distinguished by several capabilities that are rare in the Indian market and selectively available globally:

• Broad technology platform: Beyond the PEM systems deployed here, Hydgen designs and manufactures both AEM (Anion Exchange Membrane) and PEM electrolyser technology – a dual-platform capability that enables tailored hydrogen solutions across a wider range of industrial requirements and operating environments, and that remains exceptionally rare among Indian (and global) manufacturers.
• Modular, scalable design: Systems are engineered in skid-mounted configurations that allow industrial customers to scale capacity in line with operational growth, without large upfront infrastructure commitments.
• On-site, on-demand production: Hydrogen is generated at the point of use, removing supply chain risk, reducing logistics cost, and ensuring consistent purity and availability.
• Commercially validated performance: Over 1,500 cumulative hours of real-world operation provides a robust performance baseline, moving well beyond laboratory benchmarks into industrially relevant proof.
• Renewables-ready: Systems can be integrated with renewable energy sources, enabling the path to fully green hydrogen production where grid or solar power permits.

Local roots, global ambition

Hydgen's engineering and manufacturing operations are anchored in Mangaluru: a city that has quietly become home to one of India's most technically ambitious hydrogen ventures. The company's local presence reflects a deliberate choice: to build deep technical capability in Karnataka rather than offshore the complexity of electrochemical engineering. At the same time, Hydgen operates with a global commercial lens. Incorporated in both India and Singapore, with a growing presence across Asia-Pacific, MENA, Europe and North America, the company is actively engaged with industrial customers and partners internationally. The systems dispatched today from Mangaluru are not a local proof-of-concept; they are the beginning of a deployment pipeline with reach well beyond India's borders.

About Hydgen

Hydgen designs and deploys modular on-site hydrogen generation systems for industrial applications. Built around proprietary AEM and PEM electrolyser technology and engineered in Mangaluru, India, Hydgen's systems give industrial operators direct control over their hydrogen supply; eliminating logistics dependencies, ensuring consistent purity, and reducing operational cost. Incorporated in Singapore and India, with a presence across Asia-Pacific, MENA, Europe, and North America, Hydgen serves industries where hydrogen availability, reliability, and cost are operational imperatives.