About Central Instrumentation Centre (CIC)
The Central Instrumentation Centre (CIC) at CUH, Mahendergarh, has been created with a mission to strengthen technological infrastructure for promoting R&D in the university. At present, the facility is equipped with three high-end equipment: Atomic Force Microscope, LC-MS/MS, and Bench-top NMR, which can be used for chemical/material analysis, testing, and characterization.
The facility will enable researchers to keep pace with worldwide developments and publish their research findings in peer-reviewed high-impact factor journals. This newly developed facility will be extensively used by postgraduate students, doctoral students, and faculty members, and will be further extended to external organizations (mainly academic institutions) on a chargeable basis.
🎯 Mission
To develop a state-of-the-art facility centre and promote optimum utilization of resources supporting analytical and research activities.
📋 Objectives
- To carry out advanced research of various disciplines under a single roof and make services available to academic and private institutions.
- To organize short-term courses/workshops on the use and application of various instruments and analytical techniques.
- To develop skilled manpower in operation and maintenance of Sophisticated Instruments.
Committee Members
Director
Prof. Gunjan Goel
Professor, Department of Microbiology
Deputy Director
Prof. Surender Singh
Professor, Department of Microbiology
Deputy Director
Dr. Dinesh Kumar
Assoc. Prof, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Member
Dr. Manoj K Gupta
Asst. Professor, Department of Chemistry
Member
Dr. Amit Kumar
Asst. Professor, School of Engineering & Tech
Member
Dr. Rakesh Kumar
Asst. Professor, Department of Physics
Member
Dr. Usha Nagarajan
Asst. Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Member
Dr. Manish Kumar
Asst. Professor, Department of Geography
Member
Dr. Indrajeet Kaur
Asst. Professor, Department of Biotechnology
Section Officer
Sh. Rajesh Kumar
Section Officer, Finance Branch
Facilities and Incharges
Orbitrap Q-Exactive Plus Mass Spectrometer
Incharge: Dr. Usha NagarajanAn LC-MS system providing High Mass Accuracy and High Resolution. It provides fast, sensitive, reliable, and confident detection and identification of compounds in complex mixtures while maintaining full compatibility with U-HPLC.
- Advanced Quadrupole technology.
- High resolutions upto 140,000 @m/z 200.
- Mass range m/z 50-6000.
- High Mass accuracy of < 1 ppm.
80 MHz Benchtop NMR Spectroscopy
Incharge: Dr. Manoj Kumar GuptaThe Central Instrumentation Center houses a Magritek benchtop NMR facility (SpinSolve 80 MHz). The primary purpose of this machine is to identify/characterize the organic compounds produced in the reaction and to monitor the progress of the reaction.
Usage: Synthetic methodology, catalysis, medicinal chemistry, natural product synthesis, green chemistry, drug discovery.
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM, TOSCA-200)
Incharge: Dr. Rakesh KumarScanning probe microscope designed to measure local properties such as height, morphology, friction, electrical, and magnetism. It raster-scans the probe over a small portion of the sample.
- Modes: Contact mode AFM, Tapping mode AFM.
- No sample preparation required.
- Sample stage: 100 mm diameter.
- X-Y scan range: 50 µm x 50 µm.
Co-curricular Activities
Recent workshops and training sessions organized by CIC:
Mass Spectrometry Demo
Date: 28/03/2022 - 31/03/2022
Demonstration on mass spectrometry based proteomics and metabolomics analysis.
Coordinator: Dr. Usha Nagarajan.
Nano Biomaterials Workshop
Date: 25/07/2022 - 31/07/2022
High-End Workshop on Development and Characterization of Nano Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications (Sponsored by SERB).
Other Activities:
- 01 Oct 2021: Hands-on training session for BenchTop NMR (Coord: Dr. Manoj Kumar Gupta).
- 01 Nov 2021: Hands-on training session for AFM (Coord: Dr. Rakesh Kumar).
Conferences/Workshops
Content will be updated soon.
Sample Submission Forms
Please download the relevant requisition form for sample submission:
Virtual Tour/Gallery
Gallery images will be updated soon.
Contact Us
Prof. Gunjan Goel
Director, Central Instrumentation Centre (CIC)
📍 Room Number: 13 New Academic Block 1
📞 Phone: 01285-260143
✉️ Email: dircic@cuh.ac.in