"CSIR-IMMT Signs Pact with Russia to Enhance Critical Mineral Technologies".
MOUs and Agreement
In April 2025, Bhubaneswar (Odisha)-based Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR-IMMT), under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoS&T), signed two Joint Declarations of Intent (JDIs) with leading Russian institutions:
- State Research and Design Institute of the Rare Metal Industry (JSC Giredmet), a premier research and design institute under the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, Moscow (Russia).
- National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Moscow (NUST MISIS).
- The aim of the collaboration is to strengthen cooperation in critical mineral processing and sustainable resource development.
Main Point :- (i) Two separate JDIs were signed by Dr. Ramanuj Narayan (Director, CSIR-IMMT), one with Dr. Andrei I. Golinei (Director, Chemical Technology Unit, JSC Rosatom Science) and another with Dr. Michael R. Filonov (Vice Rector, NUST MISIS), in the presence of Anoop Kumar Srivastava, Counsellor (Space) from the Embassy of India in Moscow.
(ii) The collaborations are coordinated by Dr. Kali Sanjay, Chief Scientist and Head of Business Development from CSIR-IMMT, and Dr. Konstantin V Ivanovskikh, Deputy Director for Science and Innovation, Griedmet JSC, and Dr. Korotchenko Natalia, Director, MISIS Information and Marketing Centre, NUST MISIS.
(iii) The collaboration focuses on research and development in process metallurgy, especially on technologies for extracting and processing critical minerals.
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