The country’s first graphene research and development knowledge centre, the India Innovation Centre for Graphene (IICG), is set to become a reality.
The project’s implementing partners–Digital University Kerala (DUK), Centre for Materials of Electronics Technology (C-MET) and Tata Steel–will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the presence of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday. Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal and Industries Minister P. Rajeeve will also be present.
Being established by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, IICG will come up at the Integrated Startup Complex at Kinfra High Tech Park in Kalamassery, Kochi. The project has been envisaged with an outlay Rs.86.41 crore.