Biomedical Applications

Graphene is a material with a huge amount of outstanding qualities;
strength, flexibility, lightweight and conductivity.

• Graphene sheets, few-layer graphene flakes, and graphene oxide offer a variety of unique, versatile and tunable properties that can be creatively utilised for biomedical applications.
• The flat surface of Graphene can be easily functionalized enabling
  modification of the surface property (from hydrophobicity to
  hydrophilicity).. This offers enormous design capabilities as a platform for drug delivery and ultrasensitive biosensors

Infrastructure Facilities

• India Innovation Centre Graphene (IICG), is being setup with an outlay of Rs. 94.85
  Crore at Makers village, Kochi by Govt. of Kerala, MeitY-GoI, Digital University of Kerala, Industry Partner – Tata Steel. with the objective to fill the gap between R&D and commercialization by providing a complete facility to startup and industry.
• Govt. of Kerala is also setting up Graphene Production Park (pilot production facility
  for Graphene), under PPP, with an outlay of Rs. 237 Crore. Kerala Digital University
  and KINFRA are the implementation partners for the project.

Investment Avenues/Opportunity

• Graphene applications in biomedicine are numerous and can be
  classified into transport (delivery) systems, sensors, tissue
  engineering and biological agents (for example antimicrobials).
• Graphene based diagnostic equipment can be used for real-time detection of small molecules.
• Graphene based sensors can detect small molecules on real-time
  basis and enable faster processing, greater a

Status of the project

• Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary
  launched the ‘Graphene-Aurora program’ at a function in Maker Village Kochi on 14th Aug, 2023

Policy support

• Graphene has been identified as one of the 22 key priorirty sectors under Kerala
  Industrial Policy 2023, and industry units in Graphene sector are eligible to avail
  incentives under the Industrial Policy.
• The State shall come up with a separate Graphene Policy for promotion of Graphene based R&D, innovation, manufacturing and policy administration.

Nodal Department

• Digital University of Kerala – Nodal Agency
• KINFRA - designated SPV for infrastructure development of Graphene Park.

Contacts

Managing Director
Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd.
T.C. XI/266, Keston Road, Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram-695 003
Ph: +91-471-2318922 (EPABX)
Fax: 0471-2315893
Email: ipksidc@ksidcmail.org / enquiry@ksidcmail.or

Composite Material

• Graphene is the thinnest material known to man at one atom thick, and
  also incredibly strong - about 200 times stronger than steel.
• Graphene is a material with a huge amount of outstanding qualities;
  strength, flexibility, lightweight and conductivity
• Graphene is an extremely diverse material, and can be combined with other elements (including gases and metals) to produce different materials with various superior properties.

Infrastructure Facilities

• India Innovation Centre Graphene (IICG), is being setup with an outlay of Rs.
  94.85 Crore at Makers village, Kochi by Govt. of Kerala, MeitY-GoI, Digital University of Kerala, Industry Partner – Tata Steel. with the objective to fill the
  gap between R&D and commercialization by providing a complete facility to
  startup and industry.
• Govt. of Kerala is also setting up Graphene Production Park (pilot production facility for Graphene), under PPP, with an outlay of Rs. 237 Crore. Kerala Digital
  University and KINFRA are the implementation part.

Investment Avenues/Opportunity

• Utilisation of Graphene in production of composites for Sports where light weight, low friction and superior strength are essential.
• Production of Graphene based paints for protection of materials from corrosion.
• Production of Graphene embedded electronics to offer improved
  performance at high utilisation rates.

Status of the project

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary launched the ‘Graphene-Aurora program’ at a function in Maker Village Kochi on 14th Aug, 2023

Policy support

• Graphene has been identified as one of the 22 key priorirty sectors under Kerala Industrial Policy 2023, and industry units in Graphene sector are eligible to avail
  incentives under the Industrial Policy.
• The State shall come up with a separate Graphene Policy for promotion of Graphene based R&D, innovation, manufacturing and policy administration

Nodal Department

• Digital University of Kerala – Nodal Agency
• KINFRA - designated SPV for infrastructure development of Graphene Park.

Contacts

Managing Director
Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd.
T.C. XI/266, Keston Road, Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram-695 003
Ph: +91-471-2318922 (EPABX)
Fax: 0471-2315893
Email: ipksidc@ksidcmail.org / enquiry@ksidcmail.or