Many instruments at the University Science Instrumentation Centre had not been functional for a long time due to paucity of grants for repairs and spares. For the first time, the University provided additional grants, not only for making dysfunctional instruments functional and for their upgradation, but also for acquiring new instruments. Under the Tenth Plan grant, the University Instrumentation Centre has acquired a Micro-Raman Laser Spectrometer used for determination of phase chemistry and other applications in physics, chemistry, biology, microbiology and forensic science.