NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Mines has recognised two more institutes, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and the Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Hyderabad, besides seven institutes recognised earlier, as Centres of Excellence (CoE) under the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM) as per a statement Saturday.

This follows the approval granted by the Project Approval and Advisory Committee (PAAC) in its meeting held on October 24, 2025, under the co-chairmanship of Piyush Goyal, Secretary , Ministry of Mines, and Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology.

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