New Delhi: The Ministry of Mines has recognised two more institutes, namely Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) Hyderabad, as Centres of Excellence under the National Critical Mineral Mission, the government informed on Saturday.

“The Centres of Excellence (CoEs) will conduct innovative research and development to elevate technology readiness to pilot-plant and pre-commercial demonstration levels (TRL 7-8) for for critical minerals supporting clean energy, mobility transition, electronics, defence, and space sectors,” Ministry of Mines said.

The initiative aims to consolidate core competencies to develop technologies for secure supply chains of critical minerals.

Seven institutes were already recognised as CoEs, and th

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