Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has launched the ‘Graphene-Aurora program’ at a function in Maker Village Kochi, Kerala on 14th August.
- The program shall be implemented by Digital University Kerala with joint funding from Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India and Government of Kerala and Industry partners.
- A graphene-manufacturing unit of excellence as a joint endeavour of Central and State governments will be launched at Maker Village in Kalamassery shortly.
- A section 8 company (not for profit) called ‘India Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre (I-GEIC)’ shall be set up and the initial operations will start from the recently opened facility of Government of Kerala at Digital Science Park in Trivandrum.
- Maker Village is the country’s largest electronic hardware incubator and ESDM facility. The proposed project aimed at boosting the production of the valuable allotrope of carbon would mark a new chapter of innovation in the country’s technological field.
