Question: At which of the following place India’s first Graphene Innovation Centre is being setup?
a) Thrissur
b) Bangaluru
c) Chennai
d) Ahemdabad
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:
- Digital University Kerala (DUK) will soon be establishing the country’s first graphene innovation centre in Thrissur.
- It will be the India Innovation Centre for Graphene in the State to be set up by the DUK and Tata Steel Ltd. will be the industrial partner of the centre.
- The University for this Purpose has joined hands with the Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Thrissur.
- The Ministry of Electronics and IT has accorded sanction for a ₹86.41-crore project in this regard.
- The centre is expected to offer students, researchers, established industries, and budding start-ups, an opportunity to test and experiment with new innovative products.
- It is bound to create a thriving environment for innovative graphene-based product development.
- University authorities point out that the project will be implemented with support from the State government.
- According to the university the programme holds the potential to accelerate the State’s growth in the knowledge industry sector.
- The chief investigators of the project, A.P. James of DUK and A. Seema of C-MET Thrissur, are spearheading the initiative.
- They have an aim to bridge the gap between graphene academic research and industrial applications.
- According to DUK the main collaborators of the centre will include scientists from the National Graphene Institute and University of Manchester.
- The University said that the guidance from industry partners across the world will also be taken time to time.
By – Rajesh Tripathi