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Transforming lives

through innovation

Innovation is an integral part of TCL’s culture. Our innovation
efforts cover products, processes, and technology in the areas
of food, energy and environment, and water and wellness.

Our Innovation Centres

Tata Chemicals Rallis Innovation Metahelix Life Tata Chemicals
Innovation Centre (IC), Chemistry Hub (RICH), Sciences, Bengaluru R&D Centre, Mithapur
Pune Bengaluru

Innovation statistics
Particulars of intellectual capital Patents led Patents granted Research professionals/scientists
IC Pune 81 19 47
RICH 29 14 44
Metahelix 9 7 112
Total 119 40 203

A multi-disciplinary, scienti c convenience and nutrition. The Centre also The Rallis Innovation Chemistry Hub
approach to problem solving supported the development of technology develops new solutions to improve
for the manufacture of pharmaceutical- farmers' income and enables expansion
The Company established the Innovation grade sodium bicarbonate. in contract manufacturing.
Centre to undertake research in applied
sciences to seed new businesses and Scientists and food technologists in Pune Metahelix Life Sciences Limited works in
support existing ones. The Centre works are also working with the nutritional the area of agricultural biotechnology. It
with business units in the nutritional solutions business to provide access to uses technology to improve crop traits.
solutions, chemicals, and consumer customised nutrition to meet speci c
products elds. It uses a multi-disciplinary health needs. They use agile approaches to
scienti c approach to develop products rapidly prototype and test new products
and services. and bring them to market at speed.

During the year, the Innovation Centre A combination of multiple scienti c
developed signi cant additional capability disciplines, a customer-centric approach,
in food science and technology. The R&D and scienti c problem-solving sets the
e orts in this area led to development of Innovation Centre apart from other
new products such as pulse based mixes research facilities.
and multi-grain khichdi, which deliver

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