PU VC inaugurates high end equipments in SAIF/CIL

Chandigarh, December 5, 2019: Highly sophisticated State-of-the-art instruments HR-TEM, NMR 500 MHz, ICP-MS, AAS and Confocal Microscope costing more than Rs.10 crore purchased out of the DST funding, recently acquired by Department of SAIF/CIL, Panjab University were inaugurated by Prof.Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, here today. PU VC congratulated the SAIF/CIL and emphasized that these instruments should be made best use by utilizing them to the optimum limits. He added that such high-end facility will certainly benefit the Research fraternity to a large extent. The goal of the facility at SAIF/CIL, supported by DST is to provide services of sophisticated analytical equipments to scientists, academicians from universities, institutions, R&D laboratories and industries to enable them to carry out their measurements. Prof.S.K.Mehta, Director SAIF/CIL PU welcomed all the guests and colleagues to the new facility. He acquainted Vice Chancellor about the high end facilities available in SAIF department and future planning to house new instruments in the near future. The inaugural ceremony was graced by the presence of Dean Research, Director Computer Center, Coordinator RUSA, SAIF/CIL staff and other colleagues from various departments.