ISRO Floats RFQ for Li-ion Cell Technology Transfer to Indian Industries

The move will help in establishing the Li-ion cell production facilities in the country and this initiative is expected to enable Zero Emission Policy of India.

Bangalore-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has issued a Request for Qualification (RFQ) for transferring the in-house developed Lithium-ion (Li-ion) cell technology to competent Indian Industries on non-exclusive basis.

ISRO said in a release that, “VSSC, ISRO is now offering to transfer this technology to competent Indian Industries/ start-ups on non-exclusive basis to establish Li-ion cell production facilities in the country that can produce cells of varying size, capacity, energy density and power density catering to the entire spectrum of power storage requirements.”

The move will help in establishing the Li-ion cell production facilities in the country and this initiative is expected to enable Zero Emission Policy of India.

It will also accelerate the development of indigenous electric vehicle industry across the country.

“Interested applicants shall attend a pre-application conference (PAC) scheduled on July 13, 2018. All queries or request for additional information concerning the RFQ shall be attended only in the pre-application conference,” the release added.

The Last date for registration of pre-application conference is June 28, 2018 and date of pre-application conference is July 13, 2018.

On the other hand, the last date of submission of RFQ is August 13, 2018 and Opening of RFQ is August 14, 2018.

The release further added that, “Technology shall be transferred to all/any of the competent firms who qualify the eligibility criteria as specified in the RFQ. The required process documents shall be provided by ISRO at the time of signing of technology transfer agreement and payment of technology transfer fee.”

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