Lok Sabha Question No. 1580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-10
Subject: Centres of Excellence in Petrochemicals Sector
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Sunita Duggal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1580 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2023

## Centres of Excellence in Petrochemicals Sector

(1580): SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL

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

- a.  whether the Government has plans to establish Centres of Excellence in Petrochemical Sector across the country, if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise;
- b.  whether there are any Centres of Excellence in Petrochemical Sector proposed/under construction in the State of Haryana;
- c.  If so, the details thereof;
- d.  whether financial aid would be given to these centres of excellence by the Government; and
- e.  If so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  CHEMICALS  AND  FERTILIZERS  &  NEW  AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (SH. BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

- a.  The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals under the Scheme for setting up of Centre of Excellence  has  approved  thirteen  Centres  of  Excellence  in  various  reputed  Government Institutions across the country. The details of these are as under:

|   S.No | Institute                 | Name of CoE                     | Date approval   |   of Grant-in aid approved (in ₹ cr) |   Grant-in aid released till Jan, 2023 (in ₹ cr) |
|--------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | CIPET, Chennai, Tamilnadu | Green Transport Network (GREET) | April, 2011     |                                    6 |                                                6 |

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|   2. | CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, Maharashtra                                | Sustainable Polymer Industry to research & innovation                                                  | April, 2011    |   6.00 |   6.00 |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|--------|--------|
|    3 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, Delhi                                        | Advanced Polymeric Materials                                                                           | March, 2013    |   6    |  6     |
|    4 | Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Bhubaneswar, Odisha | Sustainable Green Materials                                                                            | April, 2013    |   6    |  6     |
|    5 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Assam                                     | Sustainable Polymers (SusPol)                                                                          | April, 2013    |   6    |  6     |
|    6 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Uttarakhand                                | Process Development, Wastewater Management in Petrochemical Industries                                 | February, 2019 |   4.4  |  4.4   |
|    7 | Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha           | & Bio-engineered Sustainable Polymeric Systems                                                         | February, 2019 |   5    |  5     |
|    8 | National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra                                           | Specialty Polymers for Customized Additive Manufcturing                                                | February, 2019 |   2.8  |  1.4   |
|    9 | 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 |   4.99 |  2.565 |
|   10 | CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR- IICT), Hyderabad, Telangana           | Polymer Coatings for Decorative, Protective and Strategic Applications                                 | December, 2020 |   4.86 |  2     |

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|   11. | Central Institute Petrochemicals Engineering Technology, Bhubaneswar,         | of & Manufacturing of Next Generation Bio-Medical Devices 2020                       | December,      |   5.00 | 2.00   |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|--------|--------|
|    12 | Odisha Indian Institute Technology (IIT),Guwahati, Assam                      | of Sustainable & innovative Design and manufacturing of polymer-TOYS (SUNDAR - TOYS) | February, 2022 |   5    | NIL    |
|    13 | Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association, (IRMRA), Thane, Maharashtra | Design and Development for Value added Toys of Rubber and Allied Finished Products   | February, 2022 |   4.93 | NIL    |

b.  to (e) No Centre of Excellence has been approved in any institute located in the state of Haryana till date.

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