The Centre has recognised two more institutes, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and the Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Hyderabad, in addition to the seven institutes recognised earlier, as Centres of Excellence (CoE) under the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM).

This follows the approval granted by the Project Approval and Advisory Committee (PAAC) in its meeting held on 24 October under the co-chairmanship of Piyush Goyal, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, and Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology.

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