The Ministry of Mines (MoM) has recognised the seven institutes as Centres of Excellence (CoE) under the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM).
The CoEs include four Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and three Research and Development (R&D) laboratories.
The recognised institutes are IIT Bombay, IIT Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Technology Indian School of Mines Dhanbad, IIT Roorkee, CSIR - IMMT Bhubaneswar, CSIR NML Jamshedpur, and NFTDC Hyderabad.
These CoEs will conduct the innovative and transformational research to advance India’s capabilities in the critical minerals essential for the clean energy, mobility transition, electronics, defence, and space sectors.