Mumbai, Sept. 28 -- COEP Technological University (COEP Tech) and JSW Projects, a subsidiary of JSW Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish an Advanced Battery Research & Development Centre at COEP Tech's Chikhali Research Park in Pune.

The initiative represents a combined investment of over INR 8 billion to construct an indigenous battery prototyping and pilot-scale research facility on an academic campus in India.

The project is structured in two operational phases - phase 1 will establish a Cell Research & Development Centre focused on the design, simulation and prototyping of lithium-ion and sodium-ion cells.

Phase 2 will expand the site into a Cell Validation Centre with pilot-line capabilities to produce bat...