11.6 Other National Centres: 11.5.1 Western Regional Instrumentation Centre (WRIC) The Western Regional Instrumentation Centre (WRIC), Mumbai is a National Facility Centre under the Inter-University Centre. The Centre is entirely funded by the UGC since its inception in 1977. The Centre has undertaken a number of projects from institutions like, DST, DBT, Centre Institute of Fishers, DOD & other Private sponsors.
11.5.2 Crystal Growth Centre (CGC), Anna University The Crystal Growth Centre had been recognised as the CGC: UGC -Anna University Facility for Crystal Growth through an MOU between UGC and Anna University. The major objectives were to provide research facilities and to train researchers from all over the country to grow technologically important crystals and work on frontier areas of research and development. The significant achievements include growing technological important crystals and to initiate a National Facility towards the establishment on Nano devices and semiconductor Nanostructures.
