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IIT Madras gets world's largest combustion research center

October 15 , 2017 2357 days 1010 0
  • National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NNCRD), the world's largest combustion research centre was inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
  • The infrastructure facilities are also the largest for any combustion research centre in an academic setting globally.
National Centre for Combustion Research and Development -NCCRD
  • NCCRD's research interests will cover automotive, thermal power and aerospace propulsion, besides fire research and microgravity combustion to minor extent
  • The establishment of the centre will impart a major boost to the Indian scientific community and will provide an impetus to research in 'Alternative Energy and Environmental Protection'.
  • NCCRD is supported by the state-run Science and Engineering Research Board of Department of Science and Technology (DST)

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