National Research Infrastructure
Discover & book India's research infrastructure
Find scientific instruments across national institutions, check live availability and reserve a slot — a single national gateway from the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser.
A national facilities network
Browse by discipline
Browse by discipline
Ten research domains spanning the national equipment catalogue.
From discovery to facility access in four steps.
How it works
Search
Find the right instrument by technique, location or institution with faceted, proximity-aware search.
Book a slot
Check the live 14-day availability calendar and reserve one or more two-hour slots.
Get your FBR with QR
On approval, receive a digitally-signed Facility Booking Record carrying a verifiable QR code.
Use the facility
Present the QR at the facility; the operator validates it instantly against the platform.
A sample from the national catalogue.
Featured instruments
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR)
IIT Delhi
New Delhi, Delhi
Academic
₹350 /hour
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
SCTIMST Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Academic
₹1,600 /hour
Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS)
IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Academic
₹500 /hour
Flow Cytometer / Cell Sorter
IIT Indore
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Academic
₹1,000 /hour
Single Crystal X-Ray Diffractometer
IIT Kharagpur
Kharagpur, West Bengal
Academic
₹1,600 /hour
DC/RF Magnetron Sputtering System
IIT Roorkee
Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Academic
₹1,000 /hour
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer (EPR)
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Academic
₹1,600 /hour
Nanoindenter
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Academic
₹1,650 /hour
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