Vice President inaugurates Advanced Instrumentation Facility at Panjab University

The Vice President of India and ex-officio Chancellor of Panjab University, C.P. Radhakrishnan, recently visited Panjab University, Chandigarh.

During his visit, the Vice President inaugurated the Advanced Instrumentation Facility at the Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility/Central Instrumentation Laboratories (SAIF/CIL). He also inaugurated the Panjab University Tech Innovation Forum (PU-TIF). SAIF/CIL and PU-TIF are important components of the University's academic, applied, and translational research ecosystem, providing advanced analytical, incubation, and entrepreneurial support to researchers, innovators, and industry.

C.P. Radhakrishnan said that the installation of five advanced scientific instruments – Atomic Force Microscope, Raman Spectrometer, DNA Sequencer, Flow Cytometer and FTIR Spectrometer – will significantly strengthen the research capabilities of the University in various fields including nanotechnology, materials science, environmental science and genomics.

Highlighting the importance of innovation, the Vice President said that Bio-Nest's transformation from a Section 8 non-profit company into the Panjab University Tech Innovation Forum represents a new institutional framework to advance research , entrepreneurship , and technology development. He emphasised that innovation flourishes when academia, industry, incubators, and investors work together.