KTR launches India's first big Cold chain facility In Hyderabad

Telangana IT and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao inaugurated " Telangana Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain to promote food and health security, empower farmers and boost exports".

The Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-Chain is a novel initiative for promoting sustainable cooling innovation and accelerating the deployment of energy-efficient refrigeration for food and vaccine supply chains across India.

It is the outcome of an MoU singed between Government of Telangana and University of Birmingham in 2022. University of Birmingham will serve as the knowledge partners and will help develop the centre into a state-of-the-art research and innovation hub that will help deploy needs-driven and equitable system-level cooling and cold-chain solutions in Telangana and India.

Gareth Owens, British Deputy High Commissioner in Hyderabad, Professor Toby Peters, Director, Centre of Sustainable Cooling, University of Birmingham, M Bikshapathi, Chairman, TSTPC, Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Principle Secretary (IT and Industries) and others present .

KTR said, “The CoE is a first of its kind initiative in India. It will have state of the art equipment and will serve as a one stop solution to address all challenges around cold chain ecosystem in the country. It will develop & demonstrate cooling technologies and solutions that meet the state’s needs and could be scaled up with global reach”. Minister thanked University of Birmingham for choosing Hyderabad as well as industry partners including Carrier for supporting the initiative.