Energy-transfer collisions between two 6
2S1/2 laser-excited indium atoms leading either to ionization of one of the colliding atoms or to population of its
n2P Rydberg states, have been studied. Atomic lines corresponding to the 5s5
p2 2D\ensuremath{\rightarrow}5${\mathit{s}}^{2}$6p
2P1/2,3/2 interconfiguration transitions have been recorded as evidence of the energy-pooling ionization via an autoionizing state. Atomic lines corresponding to the
n2P\ensuremath{\rightarrow}6
2S transitions for n=9, 10, and 11 as well as to the 5
2D\ensuremath{\rightarrow}5
2P transitions have proven that the population of highly excited indium atomic states is through the energy-poolimg collisions.