New Delhi, July 23, 2026: Dignitaries including Shri Atul Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director, EIL; Shri Sanjay Jindal, Director (Finance),Shri Rajiv Agarwal, Director (Technical),Shri Rupesh Kumar Singh, Director (HR),; EIL; Dr Ramanuj Narayan, Director, CSIR-IMMT; Dr Kali Sanjay, Head, Business Development & CoE, CSIR-IMMT, and other senior officials from both organisations graced the occasion as Engineers India Limited (EIL) signed a strategic MoU with the CSIR–Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR-IMMT), Bhubaneswar, at EIL’s Head Office in New Delhi on July 23, 2026.
Shri Rajiv Agarwal and Dr Ramanuj Narayan formally exchanged the agreement to deepen collaboration in mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, and the full value chain of critical and strategic minerals. The partnership will fuel joint research and development projects, seamless exchange of technical expertise, capacity-building initiatives, technology scale-up, and effective pilot-to-commercial deployments.
EIL, a top public sector engineering consultancy under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, offers end-to-end concept-to-commissioning services in oil & gas, refining, infrastructure, fertilizers, and renewable energy. CSIR-IMMT, a leading CSIR laboratory and Centre of Excellence for Critical Minerals under the National Critical Mineral Mission, excels in cutting-edge research in mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, and materials engineering.
This promising collaboration highlights a powerful fusion of engineering excellence and scientific innovation, poised to strengthen India’s self-reliance, drive sustainable mineral development, and unlock new opportunities for national progress in strategic sectors.
