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Recently, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary launched the ‘Graphene-Aurora program’ at a function in Maker Village Kochi, Kerala.

Facts About:

• The program shall be implemented by Digital University Kerala with joint funding from Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), and Government of Kerala and Industry partners, Carborundum PvtLimitedjoined as one of the main industry partners.
• It shall nurture the deep/emerging Graphene technology & innovation ecosystem that can guide, develop, implement, and support SMEs and startups to commercialize developed graphene technologies for scale adoption.
• Creation of a commercialization eco-system for graphene as an emerging technology would help India take a pole position in the world’s new material market.

Key facts about Graphene

• Graphene is a material that is extracted from graphite and is made up of pure carbon.
• It is one of the most important elements in nature which we find in daily objects like the lead of a pencil.
• It is the world’s thinnest, strongest, and most conductive material of both electricity and heat.
• It conducts electricity better than copper.
• It is 200 times stronger than steel but six times lighter.
• It is almost perfectly transparent as it absorbs only 2% of light.
• It is impermeable to gases, even those as light as hydrogen and helium.

Source:  https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1948661