This article describes cooperation between India and Denmark in specific sectors, including energy, water, shipping, environment, agriculture, food and health, and the ministerial visits linked to it. It draws on the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) brief of July 2026.

The framework

According to the MEA brief of July 2026, the Green Strategic Partnership has guided the current development of relations since its launch in 2020. At the level of line ministries, Joint Working Groups function in the following fields:

  • Renewable Energy
  • Shipping and Ports
  • Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
  • Food Processing
  • Science and Technology
  • Labour Mobility
  • Environment
  • Smart Cities
  • Digitisation
  • Energy Cooperation
  • Health and Medicine
  • Water

Green hydrogen research

The brief states that bilateral calls on Cutting Edge Green Hydrogen Technology, jointly funded by the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science and the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, were held regularly.

Energy and climate

India's Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, visited Denmark from 21-24 May 2018 to attend the 9th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9) in Copenhagen.

The brief records several visits to India by Mr. Dan Jorgensen. As Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, he visited from 7-10 September 2021. As Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, he visited from 8-12 February 2023 for the UP Global Investors Summit, and from 19-22 July 2023 to attend the Clean Energy Ministerial and the G20 Ministerial Working Groups on Green Transition and Environment and Climate Sustainability.

The Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, Mr. Flemming Moller Mortensen, visited India on 10-13 August 2022.

Shipping and maritime affairs

The Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, paid an official visit to Copenhagen on June 5-6 2025. He met the Danish Minister of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, Mr. Morten Bødskov, and the two exchanged views on bilateral maritime collaboration under the Green Strategic Partnership and the MoU on Maritime Affairs.

Water

Water is one of the areas in which Joint Working Groups function. The Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, visited Denmark for the World Water Congress and Exhibition from 12-14 September 2022.

A ministerial delegation led by Shri Mahesh Joshi, Minister for Public Health Engineering and Ground Water in the Rajasthan Government, visited Aarhus in August 2022 for cooperation in water resources management.

Agriculture, food and environment

The Minister for Food Processing Industries, Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, visited Denmark in August 2017 and September 2018 to attend the World Food Summit. Denmark's Minister for Environment and Food, Mr. Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, visited India on 17-19 January 2019.

In September 2025, Shri Dinesh Pratap Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Horticulture, Agriculture Marketing, Agriculture Foreign Trade and Agriculture Export in the Government of Uttar Pradesh, was on an official visit to Denmark. The community event he attended is described in this guide's culture article.

Health

Denmark's Minister of Health, Mr. Magnus Heunicke, visited India on 7-10 March 2022. Health and Medicine is also one of the fields covered by a Joint Working Group. Recruitment of Indian healthcare workers for Denmark, which the brief also records, is covered in this guide's practical article.

Defence and technology

The brief records that at their meeting in May 2026, the two Prime Ministers discussed cooperation in the areas of defence and AI, as described in the relations article.

Scope of this article

Readers seeking current information on any sector should consult the relevant ministries or the two embassies.