CKMNT has been set up by the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), an autonomous grants-in-aid institute of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, with partial financial assistance from the DST’s Nano Mission. The centre aims to offer comprehensive one-stop nanoscience and technology information services to researchers, industries, policy makers, venture capitalists and funding agencies and would help in fulfilling the objectives of the Nano Mission.