Can you tell me about the facilities offered by Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF) of IITB or Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay?

Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF) was established at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1976 with the support of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.

Facilities at SAIF

CHNSO Elemental Analyzer (CHNS)

Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometer (ESR)

Field Emission Gun-Scanning Electron Microscopes (FEG-SEM)

FTIR-Imaging System (FTIR-IMG)

Gas Chromatograph With High Resolution Mass Spectrometer (GC-HRMS)

ICP-Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES)

ICP-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

High Resolution Liquid Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (HR-LCMS)

Liquid Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS)

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer (NMR)

Thermal Analysis System (TAS)

High Resolution-Transmission Electron Microscope 300 kV (HR-TEM)

Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)

X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (XRF)

Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (ToF SIMS)

CRYO FEG SEM (Chemical Engineering Department)

Four Dimensional X-ray Microscopy (Central facility)


The main objectives of SAIF facilities are:

To provide for regulation acquisition of data using Sophisticated Instruments

To arrange workshops on the use and application of various spectroscopic and analytical techniques for students, teachers and personnel from other Laboratories, Universities and Industries

To provide facilities of sophisticated analytical instruments to scientists and other users from academic institutes, R&D laboratories and industries to enable them to carry out measurements for R&D work

Improvement of new measurement/analytical techniques: Efforts are made by the SAIF to develop new techniques/ methods of analysis to put the instruments to their full use and offer them to the scientists for exploring new dimensions in research in various areas of science and technology.

Contact Detail:
Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility,
IIT-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076
Tel : 022-25767691/2
Fax : 0091-22-25723314