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tests and deployment of cost-effective around Maharashtra & Gujarat, indus- Dr. Vishwakarma also informed that
oxygen concentrators to remote corners try associations, incubators, research eight CSIR labs – CSMCRI-Bhavnagar,
of the country. institution and local governments,” he IIMT-Bhubaneshwar, NIIST–Thiruva-
informed. nanthapuram, CEERI-Pilani, CGCRI-
Dr. V.K. Saraswat, member, Niti Kolkata, IICT-Hyderabad, NIO-Goa
Aayog, advised to take innovation to The event also witnessed 50 tech- and AMPRI-Bhopal – and their indus-
industry rather than calling industry nology transfers from CSIR institutes try partners have already signed up to
to innovation. Dr. Ram Vishwakarma, to startups, MSMEs and institutions. take space in the innovation complex.
the driving force behind setting up the The Innovation Complex also signed
complex, described the facility as a MoUs with various institutions to boost CSIR has a network of 37 national
critical enabler for startups, MSMEs, innovation and entrepreneurship. These laboratories, 39 outreach centres, and
and academic collaborations. “The included partnerships with IIT-Bombay’s three units with a pan-India presence. It
complex will not do any research SINE, iCreate, National Research covers a wide spectrum of science and
of its own. It will build and support Development Corporation (NRDC), technology ranging oceanography, geo-
translational enabling protocols and BCIL, and Indian Pharma Alliance physics, chemicals, drugs, genomics,
platforms for disruptive innovation. (IPA) to support start up incubation, biotechnology and nanotechnology to
It will incubate and support startups, mentorship, technology development mining, aeronautics, instrumentation,
MSMEs and industries, besides part- across various sectors, fostering joint environmental engineering and infor-
nering with manufacturing clusters R&D and capacity building. mation technology.
PROJECT UPDATE
Aarti Industries expands capacity of ethylation unit at Dahej

Aarti Industries Ltd., the Mumbai- derivatives with applications mainly in
based speciality chemicals company, agrochemicals.
has announced commencement of pro-
duction at its expanded multipurpose “This expansion also provides the
ethylation unit in Dahej SEZ, Gujarat. fl exibility to the company to multi-
purpose its overall ethylation capacity
With this expansion the company’s for various ethylation and propylation
installed production capacity for ethy- pany said in a stock exchange fi ling. products as well as scale up the volumes
lation has increased from about 8-10 The unit receives input material from in respect of its nitro-toluene chain
KTPA to about 25-30 KTPA, the com- its nitro-toluene plant and produces products,” the company informed.

134 Chemical Weekly February 4, 2025

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