JNARDDC advances aluminum and metallurgical technologies to reduce India's import dependence

Operating independently under the Ministry of Mines, the Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development & Design Centre (JNARDDC) is initiating multiple initiatives for cutting down India’s reliance on imports for essential metallurgical technologies and quality infrastructure. These initiatives have been confirmed by the JNARDDC Director, Anupam Agnihotri.

The key focus for the institution has always been on the technology transfer. Agnihotri mentioned that this is because of the shared local expertise in areas like optimising smelter processes, utilising and recycling waste, recovering valuable products from industrial byproducts, developing specialised alloys and advancing metallurgical processes in the