Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya has informed that 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 asunder:
| 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 |
The time line to setup the Co Esis 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.
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