Agilent Technologies Collaborates with TEXMiN Foundation at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad to Strengthen India’s Critical Minerals and Sustainable Mining Innovation
Agilent Technologies and TEXMiN’s collaboration will supports India’s national priorities in critical minerals, rare earth elements, materials science, and sustainable mining, which are increasingly vital to energy security, advanced manufacturing, electronics, and infrastructure development.
April 07, 2026. By News Bureau
The collaboration supports India’s national priorities in critical minerals, rare earth elements, materials science, and sustainable mining, which are increasingly vital to energy security, advanced manufacturing, electronics, and infrastructure development. As India progresses from research excellence toward technology and manufacturing leadership, credible and validated analytical data is becoming a critical enabler of scalable and globally competitive innovation.
As part of the partnership, the TEXMiN Agilent Lab for Critical Mineral & Rare Earth Element Analytics will be established at TEXMiN, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. The lab will serve as a shared platform for advanced analytical research, data validation, and skills development, enabling the structured progression of research outcomes toward industry‑ready, compliant, and scalable applications. By focusing on defined priority areas, the collaboration aims to reduce technical uncertainty, strengthen early validation, and align research outputs with real‑world performance and regulatory expectations.
Commenting on the collaboration, Nandakumar Kalathil, India Country General Manager, Agilent Technologies, said, “India stands at a pivotal point where the challenge is no longer the creation of knowledge, but its confident translation into technologies that can deliver national and global impact.”
Kalathil further added, “Agilent’s role is to act as an enabler in this journey providing analytical confidence and trusted measurements that help convert scientific ideas into defensible data, data into technology readiness, and technology into real‑world solutions. Through our collaboration with TEXMiN, we are proud to support India’s ambition to build indigenous capabilities in critical minerals while meeting global standards of quality and credibility.”
Speaking on behalf of TEXMiN, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Prof. Dheeraj Kumar, Deputy Director, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad & Project Director, TEXMiN, said, “This collaboration reflects TEXMiN’s commitment as a Research Park to extending the impact of translational research beyond the laboratory. By combining TEXMiN’s domain expertise with Agilent’s global leadership in analytical science, we are creating an environment where research outcomes can be strengthened through validation, capability building, and industry alignment. The TEXMiN–Agilent Lab will play an important role in preparing skilled talent and advancing innovations that support India’s strategic objectives in critical minerals and sustainable mining.”
TEXMiN, supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber‑Physical Systems, plays a key role in advancing technology‑driven exploration and mining through digital intelligence, automation, and advanced data systems. Agilent’s contribution of global expertise in analytical science, measurement technologies, and quality systems strengthens the pathway from research discovery through validation, readiness, and deployment supporting innovation aligned with national priorities and industry relevance.
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