Gudlyf Mobility Private Limited has signed an agreement with the Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, for financial assistance to develop and commercialise indigenous high-pressure hydrogen storage systems. The project will support the development of composite-based hydrogen storage technology and the establishment of a manufacturing facility in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
In an official statement, the Technology Development Board said the assistance will support Gudlyf Mobility’s work on 700 bar working pressure Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs) using advanced composite technologies. The systems are designed to address requirements for lightweight, high-pressure hydrogen storage.
Gudlyf Mobility is developing proprietary intellectual property related to Type IV and Type V composite cylinder technologies. Type IV cylinders use a non-metallic liner wrapped with carbon fibre, while Type V cylinders are liner-less, all-composite tanks designed for high-pressure storage applications.
The project includes the establishment of an advanced manufacturing facility in Madurai to produce high-performance composite pressure vessels. According to the statement, the technology is intended for applications including hydrogen storage for mobility and stationary systems, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), compressed natural gas (CNG) and compressed biogas (CBG) storage, as well as defence and aerospace systems.
Rajesh Kumar Pathak, Secretary of the Technology Development Board, said hydrogen storage technologies are an important component of the country’s clean energy strategy and that domestic capabilities in high-pressure storage systems are necessary for developing the hydrogen value chain.
Gudlyf Mobility founders said the partnership will support the scaling of advanced manufacturing capabilities in Madurai and the development of hydrogen storage solutions for energy, mobility, defence, and aerospace sectors.
Gudlyf Mobility Private Limited was incorporated on 14 October 2022 and is headquartered in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The company focuses on hydrogen storage technologies and electric vehicle battery intelligence systems, including a software platform that uses machine learning to analyse lithium-ion cell performance and predict state of health.
The company was founded by Ajeet Babu Parasumanna, K.C. Vora, and Ashwini Ajeet Parasumanna. It has received early-stage support from institutions and startup programmes including IIT Madras, MG Drives Innovation, AWS Startups, and the Leap Global Accelerator run by Venture Center in Pune, and has raised multiple undisclosed seed funding rounds between 2024 and 2025.
