Materials science, nanomedicine, and nano-fabrication breakthroughs from India
MeitY has launched the Graphene-Aurora Program in Kochi, a Rs 94.85 crore initiative with the Government of Kerala and industry partner Carborundum to build India's first dedicated graphene engineering and commercialisation centre, I-GEIC.
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The 14th Bengaluru India Nano summit (3–5 August 2026), inaugurated by Karnataka Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar, gathered 80-plus speakers from over 10 countries around the theme of AI-accelerated nanotech and commercialisation across semiconductors, energy and health.
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DST's Agharkar Research Institute unveiled a biodegradable silica nanocarrier that delivers two gene-silencing siRNAs into breast-cancer cells, shrinking tumours in animal models, an Indian public-lab entry into a Western-dominated field.
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With the new Wadhwani-IISc centre, ₹720 crore for quantum-chip fabs and a sensors-and-MEMS track in ISM 2.0, India is turning its shared nano-fabrication cleanrooms into a pipeline for deep-tech startups.
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Scientists at CSIR-NEIST in Assam demonstrated a process to upgrade low-grade Northeast-India graphite into graphene oxide, an import-substitution play at the raw-material level of the carbon-materials chain.
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Kerala approved India's first comprehensive graphene policy, backing an industrial park in Palakkad and subsidies to build a domestic graphene cluster, an attempt to close India's lab-to-fab gap in advanced carbon materials.
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Graphite India's board approved a ₹4,330 crore push into synthetic graphite anode materials for lithium-ion cells, an attempt to localise a carbon-materials chokepoint that China dominates.
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IIT Madras and Australian partners built a silicon-nanotube platform that injects chemotherapy directly into breast-cancer cells, reporting a 23-fold lower effective dose while sparing healthy cells.
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