Lok Sabha Question No. 1740 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: Centre of Excellence in Petrochemicals Sector
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICALS AND PETROCHEMICALS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1740

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2022

## Centre of Excellence in Petrochemicals Sector *****

## 1740: (SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU)

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Centres of Excellence (COEs) approval under the Ministry's scheme for setting up COEs in the field of petrochemicals since 2015;
- (b) whether any time line has been drawn to setup CoEs thereunder, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the details of the COEs opened in the State of Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (DR.MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a)  The  Department  of  Chemicals  and  Petrochemicals  under  the  Scheme  for setting up of Centre of Excellence has approved eight Centres of Excellence in various reputed Government Institutions across the country since 2015. The details of these are as under:
- (b) Yes, Sir. The time line to setup the CoEs is drawn and submitted by the Institute in  the  proposal.  The  Department  after  evaluation  of  the  proposal  approves appropriate timeline of the project which is for two to three years.
- (c) No Centre of Excellence has been approved in the state of Andhra Pradesh till date.

|   S.No | Institute                                                                        | Name of project                                                        | Date of approval   |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|      1 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Uttarakhand                       | Process Development, Wastewater Management in Petrochemical Industries | February, 2019     |
|      2 | Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering& Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha | Bio-engineered Sustainable Polymeric Systems                           | February, 2019     |

|   3. | National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra                                  | Specialty Polymers for Customized Additive Manufacturing                                               | February, 2019   |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|    4 | CSIR - North East Institute of Science & Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat, Assam  | Polymers, their Composites and Polymeric Membranes for Sustainable Development of Petroleum Industries | December, 2020   |
|    5 | CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR- IICT), Hyderabad, Telangana  | Polymer Coatings for Decorative, Protective and Strategic Applications                                 | December, 2020   |
|    6 | Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering& Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha | Manufacturing of Next Generation Bio-Medical Devices                                                   | December, 2020   |
|    7 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),Guwahati, Assam                             | Sustainable & innovative Design and manufacturing of polymer-TOYS (SUNDAR - TOYS)                      | February, 2022   |
|    8 | Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association, (IRMRA), Thane, Maharashtra    | Design and Development for Value added Toys of Rubber and Allied Finished Products                     | February, 2022   |

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