The centre will initiates innovative and top-quality research focused to the various industries, including, Iron & Steel, Glass, Tiles, and Cement. The centre will boost innovative interventions in the advanced manufacturing domain by enabling an ecosystem among Institutes of higher repute, heavy industries, and also the MSMEs and start-ups. The centre looks for active participation in this ecosystem for collaborative research in the proposed areas. The excellence-centre also houses a Cement bonded castable lab for facilitating the culture of innovation and open engineering.

The Cement bonded castable lab invites MSMEs and the Start-ups to grab opportunities of getting end-to-end support from the experts including access to various state-of-the-art facilities for early prototyping of their product. The Centre was established in 2017 to undertake research activities in the areas refractories (both shaped & unshaped), Tiles, and other high-temperature oxide/carbide/nitride materials.

The development of know-how and manufacturing technologies of many strategic and advanced refractory materials like oxide base ceramic materials, cement bonded refractories, carbon bonded refractories, etc were taken up by the centre. With state-of-the-art infrastructure, the centre conducts major sponsored research projects and has developed a range of products and applications for Iron & steel, Glass, tile and ceramic industries.

The IIT(BHU)-IRMA Centre of Excellence is expected not only to improve expertise in specific areas but also to boost productivity, address emerging skill gaps and align training & research with industry needs to benefit society at large.

The Centre provides specialized administrative and managerial support for Sponsored Research Projects, Consultancy Jobs, and related R&D activities. Undergraduate students are encouraged to participate in research activities alongside their studies. The Centre also handles troubleshooting, product development, design checks and industrial problem solving through time-bound projects. It is powered by the Design and Innovation Hub (DIH), IIT BHU.

Skill Development

• The Centre will improve the skills of employable students and other professionals through industry-focused skill development programmes.
• Conduct advanced research and training at graduate, masters and doctoral levels.
• Organize seminars, symposia, workshops, conferences and short-term training programmes including summer and winter schools.
• Conduct collaborative research with Industries and Institutions within and outside India.

Purpose and Facilities

An independent laboratory initiated by IRMA and IIT BHU which would have extremely high accuracy level, having modern equipments for testing as per procedures of all international specifications and provides quick results as per need of the test and industry.

• The Centre will improve the skills of employable students and other professionals through industry-focused skill development programmes.
• Various labs available at Centre such as Chemical Analysis Lab, Physical Testing Lab, High Temperature Lab, Castable Lab.