Zero Project India

Building bridges between the global network and South Asia

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Zero Project Conference India 2025 and CII-IBDN National Conference 2025
Lead Partner – Youth4Jobs

November 13-14, 2025 | New Delhi

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Zero Project Technology Forum Bangalore 2025

November 17, 2025 | Bangalore | Hosted by EnAble India

 

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The Zero Project regionalizes its activities to important world regions outside Europe, with the goal of building bridges between the global disability inclusion community and regional innovation ecosystems.

In 2023, the Zero Project joined forces with Youth4Jobs and EnAble India in a strategic partnership to advance innovation processes in India through the “Zero Project India”. Each of the strategic partners contributes a wealth of experience and engages their respective innovation networks to advance the implementation of the UN CRPD.

 

Strategic Partners

Save the dates!

Zero Project Conference India 2025 and CII-IBDN National Conference 2025
Lead Partner – Youth4Jobs

November 13-14, 2025 | New Delhi

Register here 

Zero Project Technology Forum Bangalore 2025

November 17, 2025 | Bangalore | Hosted by EnAble India

 

Get in touch:

If you have questions about these events and partnerships, don't hesitate to contact us via email.

ContacT US

 

Zero Project Conference India 2025 and CII-IBDN National Conference 2025

The ceremonial lighting of a lamp by Meera Shenoy and Michael Fembek
The ceremonial lighting of a lamp by Meera Shenoy and Michael Fembek on the stage of the Zero Project Conference India 2024.

The annual Zero Project Conference India hosted by lead partner Youth4Jobs in New Delhi is a unique regional forum to bring together delegates of the global Zero Project Network, Zero Project Awardees, and local/regional stakeholders, decision makers, and innovators from India and the whole of South Asia.To strengthen India’s industry commitment to a world with zero barriers, the 2025 edition will be held in cooperation with the CII-IBDN National Conference. The joint event themed “Building Bridges between Global Networks and Innovations” will take place on November 13–14, 2025. 

The main objective is threefold:

  1. To support innovative solutions from India to be replicated abroad.
  2. To introduce international innovation that has the potential to advance the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in South Asia.
  3. To share innovative practices within India’s industry to promote accessibility and advance economic opportunities of persons with disabilities.

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Zero Project Technology Forum Bangalore 2025

Martin Essl, Shanti Raghavan, and Dipesh Sutariya handing over the Discovery Award to winner Rigzin Tamchos on stage.
Martin Essl, Shanti Raghavan, and Dipesh Sutariya handing over the Discovery Award to winner Rigzin Tamchos on the stage of the Zero Project Technology Forum 2024.

The Zero Project Technology Forum Bangalore 2025 will be held November 17, 2025. Organized by EnAble India, the forum will showcase ICT innovations to remove barriers for persons with disabilities, following the Zero Project Technology Forum’s signature format of in-person innovation pitches and networking sessions.These outstanding ICT solutions will pitch to potential investors, partners, and interested parties with the aim of building international bridges to support these innovations and impact investments.

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Under the umbrella of the Zero Project India, a range of other activities are implemented conjointly, complementary, or by one of the partner organizations; yet, always in alignment with the Zero Project’s mission of finding and sharing solutions that remove barriers for persons with disabilities in the areas of education, employment, accessibility, independent living & political participation, and ICT (Information and Communication Technologies):

 

WE-Do Initiative

Youth4Jobs

The WE-Do Initiative is an integrative part of the Zero Project India Conference. Through its WE-Do initiative, Youth4Jobs responds to issues of equity and intersectionality that need to be urgently addressed.

The Zero Project fully supports the WE-Do initiative to remove barriers for women-entrepreneurs through a collaborative and solution-oriented approach. The WE-Do initiative will also be represented at the Zero Project Conference 2026.

Grassroots Academy

Youth4Jobs

The objective of Youth4Jobs’ “Grassroots Academy” is to build grassroot leadership of youth with disabilities; providing them with the tools for transformation required, especially in low-income countries. 

The Zero Project fully supports this initiative. The Grassroots Academy will be part of both the Zero Project Conference India 2025 and the Zero Project Conference 2026 in Vienna.

 

Zero Project Scaling Solutions Programme

EnAble India

EnAble India has joined the Zero Project Scaling Solutions Programme in 2024, as a Funding Partner alongside the Essl Foundation, Fundación Descúbreme, GIZ, and Atos. The programme cycle 2025/2026 will see each of the Funding Partners select three “Scaling Fellows”, which will be supported to scale and replicate their innovative solutions in new countries and regions. 

The Scaling Fellows selected by EnAble India will have a focus or its origin in India.

Disabilities Innovative Solutions Hub (DISH)

EnAble India

The Disabilities Innovative Solutions Hub (DISH) is a centralized platform that supports the dissemination of grassroots solutions, with the goal of enabling others to apply them effectively.

The Zero Project fully supports the DISH platform and its use of AI-driven search capabilities. 

Discovery Awards

EnAble India

The Discovery Awards are a global recognition of grassroot innovations created by and for persons with disabilities. The nomination and selection process are organized and managed by EnAble India, with the support of a consortium of partners. The Zero Project fully supports this initiative and features as one of the partner organizations for the Discovery Awards.

Each year two innovators are recognized through Discovery Awards. The laureates are invited to the Zero Project Conference in Vienna, Austria, to present their innovation and receive the award.

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