Sophisticated Analytical Instruments Facility (SAIF)

The Sophisticated Analytical Instruments Facility (SAIF), formerly known as RSIC, was established by Department of Science and Technology (DST). The purpose of establishing these centers is to provide data collection facility from sophisticated analytical equipments to scientific community for their advanced research with nominal charges. The SAIF facility at IIEST Shibpur has started its journey recently on 2016. As a first installment to set up SAIF facility at IIEST Shibpur, three major instruments namely, Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer, NMR, and High Resolution Mass Spectrometer have been approved by DST. The Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer has already been installed at IIESTS and running successfully.

Objectives of the SAIFs;

To provide data collection facility to the samples received from different Institutes/Universities/National Labs/Colleges/Industries other than IIESTS.
To acquire and develop capability for preventive maintenance and repair of sophisticated instruments
To organize short term courses/workshops on the use and application of various instruments and analytical techniques
To train technicians for maintenance and operation of sophisticated instruments to undertake design and development of instruments/accessories of existing instruments.

Users of the Facilities:

The facilities provided by the SAIFs may be utilized by any user/organization on payment of nominal charges. The details about the procedure for using the facilities and the charges for sample analysis, information about short term courses/training programmes/workshops etc. can be obtained from the respective Coordinators of the SAIFs or the websites of the Facilities.

To facilitate the smooth functioning of SAIF, whose activities are going to increase manifold in near future, a Local Advisory Committee constituted for SAIF, IIESTS consisting of following members given below. The committee shall advice the Head (Coordinator) SAIF for smooth functioning of the Facilities and monitoring its daily activities.

Professor Shyamal Kumar Chattopadhyay

Professor, Department of Chemistry
Coordinator, SAIF & In-Charge, SC-XRD
Email: shyamal@chem.iiests.ac.in

Professor Binay Krishna Ghorai

Professor and Head, Department of Chemistry
Member, SAIF & In-Charge, NMR
Email: binay@chem.iiests.ac.in

Dr. Samar Jana

Associate Professor & Head, Department of Physics
Member, SAIF
Email: samarjana@physics.iiests.ac.in

Dr. Papu Biswas

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Member, SAIF & In-charge, SC-XRD and HRMS
Email: papu@chem.iiests.ac.in

Dr. Nanda D. Paul

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Member and In-charge NMR
Email: ndpaul2014@chem.iiests.ac.in

INSTRUMENTS at SAIF, IIEST, Shibpur

INSTRUMENTS	IN-CHARGE/CONTACT	Present Status	Requisition Form
FT-NMR	Professor Binay Krishna Ghorai (binay@chem.iiests.ac.in) Dr. Nanda D. Paul (ndpaul2014@chem.iiests.ac.in)	WORKING	DOWNLOAD WORD DOWNLOAD PDF
HRMS	Professor Shyamal Kumar Chattopadhyay (shyamal@chem.iiests.ac.in) Dr. Papu Biswas (papu@chem.iiests.ac.in)	WORKING	DOWNLOAD WORD DOWNLOAD PDF
Single Crystal XRD	Professor Shyamal Kumar Chattopadhyay (shyamal@chem.iiests.ac.in) Dr. Papu Biswas (papu@chem.iiests.ac.in)	NOT	DOWNLOAD WORD DOWNLOAD PDF
Charge(s) for the measurement(s) can be paid through NEFT to the Project Account, A/c No. 1532010005180 of Punjab National Bank (PNB), BESUS Branch (IFS Code: PUNB0153220, Branch Code: 53220). Payment also can be paid directly to the Punjab National Bank (PNB), BESUS Branch filling the BANK CHALLAN

	Academic	R &D	Industry
NMR (1H)*	250 +GST	750+GST	1300+GST
NMR (13C)*	300 +GST	900+GST	1500 +GST
HRMS	600 +GST	2000+GST	3000 +GST
Single Crystal XRD	2000 +GST Data collection* at room temperature	6000+GST Data collection* at room temperature	10000+GST Data collection* at room temperature
	3000 +GST Data collection* with liquid nitrogen	9000+GST Data collection* with liquid nitrogen	15000+GST Data collection* with liquid nitrogen
	500 +GST Data reduction (Additional charge)	1500 +GST Data reduction (Additional charge)	4500+GST Data reduction (Additional charge)

* All data collection charges mentioned for first five hours only. Extra Rs. 500/- per hour will be charged thereafter.

** Charges given without Solvent. Solvent Charge Extra.

CDCL₃: Rs. 70/-

DMSO-d₆: Rs. 100/-

As per Government regulations 18% GST will be levied for services provided.

All communications should be addressed to:

The Coordinator
Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF)
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
Botanic Garden
Howrah 711103
Email: hod.saif@iiests.ac.in