The Kerala government has agreed to set aside three acres of land at a Kinfra-run industrial park in Palakkad for a graphene incubation centre.

The graphene incubation facility will grow into an ecosystem for enterprises interested in graphene-related research, development, and production.

Industries and Law Minister P Rajeeve informed that Digital University Kerala and Kinfra will partner on the project.

As per reports, the initial allocation of three acres for the project can be scaled up to 20 acres.

“The vision for the long-term future is to use between 15 and 50 acres of space for graphene related research and industry,” the minister said.

The proposed graphene incubation facility is in addition to India’s first Graphene Innovation Centre, proposed to come up in Thrissur, with support from the Union government and with the technical support of the Digital University, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) and Tata Steel Limited.