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IIT Bombay–NTPC Drill India’s First Geological CO₂ Storage Well

Newsmantra — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:19:38 +0000

MUMBAI. IIT Bombay and NTPC have achieved a major milestone in India’s carbon
capture efforts by successfully drilling the country’s first geological CO₂ storage well
at Pakri Barwadih in Jharkhand. The collaboration, initiated under NITI Aayog in
November 2022, has also led to the creation of India’s first geological CO₂ storage
atlas, assessing storage feasibility across four major coalfields. The first well was
drilled to a depth of 1,200 metres and completed on November 15, 2022, while
drilling of a second well commenced on December 21, 2022, marking progress
toward field-level deployment of carbon storage technologies.
Highlighting the significance of the achievement, Dr. V.K. Saraswat underlined the
role of carbon capture, utilization, and storage in meeting India’s net-zero targets,
stressing the importance of accurate subsurface characterization and monitoring.
NTPC Chairman and Managing Director Gurdeep Singh described the project as a
key step in India’s decarbonization journey, while IIT Bombay Director Prof.
Shireesh Kedare emphasized the value of translational research in enabling the
energy transition. Initial studies indicate high CO₂ storage potential in the North
Karanpura coalfield, particularly the Pakri-Barwadih block, with the capacity to
inject up to 15.5 million tonnes over a decade, supporting India’s broader mission
to scale up CCUS technologies through multi-ministerial collaboration.

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Coal India Fosters Women’s Education with New Hostel at IIT Bombay

Newsmantra — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 06:20:37 +0000

MUMBAI. In a significant step toward promoting inclusive education and women’s welfare, Coal India Limited (CIL) has supported the construction of Women’s Hostel 21 at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative.The five-storey residential facility, inaugurated recently, houses 280 rooms and can accommodate up to 370 women scholars.

Designed to offer a safe, inclusive, and enabling environment, the hostel represents CIL’s commitment to empowering women in higher education and addressing the growing need for quality student accommodation.

Dr. Vinay Ranjan, Director (HR) of Coal India, along with senior officials, graced the inaugural ceremony, reaffirming the company’s dedication to fostering equitable opportunities through strategic social investments.

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HPCL conferred with ‘CSR Champion Award’

Newsmantra — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 05:28:35 +0000

HPCL was presented with the ‘CSR Champion Award’ at IIT Bombay Annual CSR Conclave in Mumbai, based on the theme “Technology for Development” towards addressing social, economic, industrial & environmental challenges in India.

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IIT Bombay is India’s top university

Newsmantra — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 09:17:09 +0000

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) slipped 11 spots in Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2020-21 released on Tuesday (June 9).

Only three institutes from India managed to find a place in top 200 in QS World Rankings this year. The Indian institutes in the list are IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IISc Bangalore. It may be recalled that IIT Delhi was ranked 182 in 2019 and it fell down to 193 this year.

IIT Delhi director Ramgopal Rao tweeted a letter asking people not to trust the rankings blindly and share some facts. According to Rao, the QS Rankings consider International faculty and students in the institute which is very low for IIT Delhi. He added that in 2019 rankings international students were below the global median and there was a need to hire the faculty. Rao said that IIT Delhi needs to hire 69 international faculty and 820 international students to be close to the global median.

The rankings are based on six indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per faculty, faculty/student ratio, international faculty ratio and international student ratio, compilers of the rankings said.

IIT Bombay is ranked 172nd, while IISc is 185th and IIT Delhi is at 193rd place. A total of 21 Indian higher education institutions are in the top 1000. IISc is ranked as India’s best research university with a score of 100/100 on the ‘citations per faculty’ indicator.

Other IITs in the top 500 are: Madras (275), Kharagpur (314), Kanpur (350), Roorkee (383) and Guwahati (470).

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is ranked as the world’s best university, followed by Stanford University (2nd) and Harvard University (3rd).

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