The Ministry of Mines has recognized two additional institutes, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, and the Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) Hyderabad, as Centres of Excellence (CoE) under the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM). This follows the Project Approval and Advisory Committee (PAAC) approval on 24.10.2025, under the co-chairmanship of Shri Piyush Goyal, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, and Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology. The CoEs aim to promote R&D to achieve higher Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) of TRL 7/8. Each CoE will operate as a consortium using a Hub & Spoke model, mandated to include at least two industry partners and two R&D/academic partners. The 9 recognized CoEs have brought in around 90 industry and academic/R&D spokes. This release was posted on 25 OCT 2025 at 11:03 AM by PIB Delhi, release ID: 2182381. The contact is Shuhaib T.
Key Entities Referenced
National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM): A mission aimed at promoting R&D in critical minerals and establishing Centers of Excellence to strengthen the science and technology capability in this area.
Centres of Excellence (CoE): Institutes recognized and funded under the National Critical Mineral Mission to promote R&D in critical mineral value chain.
Ministry of Mines: The ministry responsible for recognizing institutes as Centres of Excellence under the National Critical Mineral Mission.
Project Approval and Advisory Committee (PAAC): Committee that granted approval for Centres of Excellence under the National Critical Mineral Mission.
Ministry of Mines
Ministry of Mines Recognizes Two more
Centres of Excellence under the National
Critical Mineral Mission
Centres of Excellence to promote R&D in Critical Mineral
Value Chain
Posted On: 25 OCT 2025 11:03AM by PIB Delhi
Ministry of Mines has recognized 2 more institutes, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and
Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Hyderabad, besides 7 institutes recognized
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 24.10.2025 under the co-chairmanship of Shri Piyush Goyal, Secretary, Ministry of Mines,
and Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology.
Critical raw materials form the crucial supply chain for emerging sectors of clean energy and mobility
transition, in addition to advanced technology and strategic sectors like electronics, defence, space,
etc. In order to develop, demonstrate and deploy technologies in an end-to-end systems approach, it is
essential to conduct R&D so as to reach higher Technology Readiness Levels (TRL), of TRL 7 / 8
pilot plant and pre-commercial demonstration. The CoEs will undertake innovative and
transformational research to strengthen and advance the nation’s science and technology capability in
the area of critical minerals.
Each CoE will operate as a consortium, on a Hub & Spoke model, to leverage R&D in critical
minerals and pooling the core competence of each constituent under one umbrella. The CoE (Hub
Institute) is mandated as per the CoE guidelines to bring in at least two industry partners and at least
two R&D/ academic partners in the consortium. The 9 recognized CoEs have together brought in
around 90 industry and academic/ R&D spokes.
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