<h1>Public-private collaboration for EV manufacturing strengthens domestic production and policy alignment to boost startup-led industrial innovation.</h1> Memorandum of Understanding between Ather Energy and DPIIT creates a collaborative framework to boost domestic EV manufacturing, battery innovation, investment, manufacturing capacity, skill development, and employment. The Startup Policy Forum's Build in Bharat initiative facilitated alignment, recommended policy interventions, and convened platforms for founders and policymakers to co create solutions, emphasising policy advocacy and regulatory facilitation to enable startup-led hardware and deep tech production.