CIL Signs MoU with IIT Hyderabad to Set Up CLEANZ in Telangana.

Economy Business

In March 2025, Kolkata (West Bengal, WB)-based Coal India Limited (CIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-Hyderabad), Telangana for establishing a Centre of Clean Coal Energy and Net Zero (CLEANZ) in Hyderabad.


      - The MoU was exchanged between PM Prasad, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of CIL, and Acharya B S Murthy, Director of IIT-H, in the presence of Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, Ministry of Coal (MoC) and Ministry of Mines (MoM).

     

     

Main Point :-   (i) The initiative aims to develop clean coal technologies and diversify coal consumption. Both entities will work together to establish cutting-edge technological readiness levels (TRLs) for the long-term use of Indian coal.

      (ii) The management of CIL has approved a five-year grant of Rs 98 crores to IIT Hyderabad for the establishment of this Center of Excellence. After the initial five-year investment from CIL, it is expected to achieve financial sustainability in the long term.

(iii) This collaboration is part of the National Centre for Coal and Energy Research (NaCCER), an independent Research and Development (R&D) unit of the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI), which serves as CIL's mine development and consultancy arm.

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