From Exploration to Recycling, powering India’s green and digital economy
The Centre of Excellence On Critical Minerals, Metals, and Materials (CoE-CMMM) at IIT Bombay is a national hub for sustainable technologies spanning exploration, extraction, process metallurgy, recycling, and policy. Our mission is to advance self-reliance for India in critical minerals, ensuring leadership in the green and digital economy.
Geology, geophysics, resource mapping & targeting.
Pyro-/hydro- routes, flowsheets, pilot scale-up.
Electrowinning, electrorefining, membranes.
Solvent extraction, ion exchange, REE selectivity.
Urban mining of batteries, e-waste & catalysts.
Alternatives for critical-mineral intensive systems.
Cost models, TRL pathways, scale-up decisions.
Standards, sustainability, and supply resilience.
Ola Electric
Hindalco
Evergreen
Asterix Innovations
MRAI
MECL
Attero
Lohum
NEERI Nagpur
IIT Kanpur
IISER Pune
Shivaji University
RTM Nagpur University
IIT Bhubaneswar
Amity University Bangalore
CoEP Technological University
University of Mumbai
Director, CoE-CMMM
Head, CoE-CMMM
Exploration
Metallurgy
Chemical Separation
Batteries & CM devices
Reuse and Recycling
Department of Earth Sciences
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
Department of Chemistry
Department of Earth Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Department Environmental Science & Engineering
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Earth Sciences
Department of Earth Sciences
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
Department of Earth Sciences
Centre of Climate Studies
Department of Earth Sciences
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
Department of Earth Sciences
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
Email: office.coe-cmmm@iitb.ac.in