Indo-German Energy Forum Support Office (IGEF-SO) is official supporter of CharIN, the Charging Interface Initiative. The initiative aims to establish the Combined Charging System (CCS) as the international standard for charging of all battery-electric vehicles.

Indo-German Energy Forum Support Office is mandated to support international standards for the promotion of a worldwide energy transition. To reach this IGEF-SO is committed to further support CharIN.

CharIN and IGEF-SO are successfully working together connecting public and private stakeholders in the field of electric mobility in Germany and India. This includes bilateral meetings between Indian officials and CharIN on fact-finding delegation visits to Germany as well as the promotion of CharIN events, such as the 1st CharIN India Conference on May 11th, 2018.

Recently, on April 20th, an Indian Delegation visited the CharIN e.V. in its head office in Berlin as part of the Fact-Finding Mission on Public EV-Charging Infrastructure in Germany organized by IGEF-SO.

Mr. Claas Bracklo, chairman of CharIN, welcomed the representatives from the Indian Ministry of Power (MoP), Government of India, the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and the Indo-German Energy Forum Support Office (IGEF-SO). Present dissemination and advantages of royalty free standard CCS as well as upcoming activities in India were discussed.