Jindal Steel and IIT Hyderabad have signed an MoU to establish a Centre of Excellence for high-strength, value-added and value-engineered steel products. The centre will focus on application development, technical demonstrations, training and adoption across key industrial sectors.
Updated On – 21 August 2026, 03:47 PM
Sangareddy: Jindal Steel, one of India’s leading steel manufacturers, and the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the Jindal Steel Centre of Excellence (CoE) for high-strength, value-added and value-engineered steel products and solutions at the IITH campus.
The first-of-its-kind Centre will accelerate the application and adoption of advanced steel solutions across infrastructure, engineering, construction and strategic industrial sectors. The Centre will combine IITH’s technical capabilities with Jindal Steel’s manufacturing, metallurgical and engineering expertise to develop and demonstrate applications for high-strength, value-added and value-engineered steels. These solutions were aimed at offering higher performance, lower material consumption, reduced weight, faster execution, improved durability and better life cycle economics.
The applications will span buildings and bridges, penstocks and large-diameter pipes, defence, yellow goods and heavy equipment, power plants, refineries, transportation, heavy engineering and other critical industrial applications. The Centre will work with designers, consultants, engineers, fabricators, EPC companies, equipment manufacturers and project developers to identify applications and facilitate the adoption of advanced steel grades.
Jindal Steel will invest in developing a physical Centre of Excellence (CoE) at the IITH campus, which will serve as a hub for application development, technical demonstrations, training, industry engagement and knowledge sharing.
Speaking on the partnership, Director of IITH Prof BS Murty said this Centre of Excellence will strengthen IITH’s role in promoting advanced steel solutions across India’s engineering, infrastructure and industrial sectors. The Director said that it will enable faculty and students to work closely with industry on real-world applications and demonstrate how high-strength and value-engineered steels can drive efficiency, performance and sustainability.
MD of Jindal Steel VR Sharma said the partnership with IIT Hyderabad was a major step in expanding the use of high-strength and value-engineered steel across India’s infrastructure, engineering and industrial sectors.
