The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has sanctioned ₹2.47 crore to the Bharathidasan University for upgradation and maintenance of some of its advanced scientific equipment.
The funds had been sanctioned under the “Support for upgradation, preventive repair and maintenance of equipment” (SUPREME) scheme. Of this, ₹1 crore will be released as first year grant after the formalities are completed.
The grant will be used for repairing, retrofitting, and maintenance of highly sophisticated scientific equipment such as confocal laser scanning microscope, field emission scanning electron microscope, and Raman spectrometer at the University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC), and the Centre for Nanoscience and Technology of the university.
