Welcome to CSIR-IMMT
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The Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology-IMMT, (formerly Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar) was setup as a premier establishment of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi in 1964 in the State of Odisha, in eastern India. The laboratory specializes in providing R&D support for process and product development with special emphasis on conservation and sustainable utilization of natural resources. Over the years, IMMT has developed S&T capabilities in a wide range of areas from mineralogy to materials engineering. The laboratory has expertise in conducting technology oriented programmes in mining and mineral/bio-mineral processing, metal extraction and materials characterization, process engineering, industrial waste management, pollution monitoring and control, marine and forest products development, utilization of medicinal and aromatic plants and appropriate technologies for societal development.

CURRENT NEWS
Hearty Congratulations to Syed Mohammed Mustakim, Sr. Tech. Officer for the award of Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemistry under KIIT University, Bhubaneswar for the Ph.D. thesis entitled "Microwave Sintering of Fly Ash for Application in Water Purification".
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Hearty Congratulations to Ms.Nilima Das, Research Scholar and Ms. Amtul Nashim, Research Scholar for being awarded Best Poster Presentation during the 99th Indian Science Congress in the area of Earth Science and Chemical Science respectively.
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Hearty Congratulations to Dr Yatendra Singh Chaudhary, Scientist on being honoured by Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with Green Talent Researcher 2011 award for his outstanding work in harvesting solar radiation.
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Hearty Congratulations to Ashok Kumar Sahu, Scientist for the award of Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Engineering (Mechanical) under Utkal University, Bhubaneswar for the Ph.D. thesis entitled "Studies On Air Dense Medium Fluidised Bed Separation For Benefication Of Coal".
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IMMT, Bhubaneswar has entered into an MoU with Institute of Komplex Materials (IKM), Dresden, Germany for joint collaborative research program in the area of mutual interest. This MoU will be operative for five years since December, 2011.
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