Equipment usuage charges per slot (w.e.f. October 1, 2019)
User must report within 15 min of alloted slot time or slot will be cancelled and user will be charged for full slot.
Major Equipment
Equipment Name |
Revised User Charges (Rs.) for IIT K Users |
Titan G2 60-300 KV TEM |
Rs. 2250/- per sample OR Rs. 4500/- per slot* |
FEI- Tecnai G2 12 Twin TEM 120 KV |
Rs. 2,000/- per sample OR Rs. 4000/- per slot* |
Sample Preparation Tools
Name of Equipment |
Slot Duration/No. of samples |
Revised User Charges |
TEM Mill |
One Hour |
240 |
Ultra Sonic Disk Cutter |
One Hour |
120 |
Dimpling Grinder |
One Hour/ One Sample |
120 |
Grinder or Polisher |
One Hour/ One Sample |
120 |
Low Speed Diamond Saw |
One Hour |
240 |
Twin-Jet Electropolisher |
Upto 3 Sample (at Room Temp.) |
720 |
Twin-Jet Electropolisher |
Upto 3 Sample (at CRYO Temp.) |
840 |
Plasma Cleaner |
- |
200 |
X-TEM Prep Kit |
Per Sample |
600 |
Carbon or Gold Sputtering |
Per Run (Max. 9 Samples/run) |
120.00/sample 600.00/run |
Ultra Microtrome |
3 Hours/ Upto 2 Sample (at Room Temp.) |
1200 |
Ultra Microtome |
3 Hours/ Upto 2 Sample (at CRYO Temp.) |
3600 |
Vitrobot (Vitrification Process) |
3 Hours/ Upto 2 Sample |
6000 |
Disc Puncher |
Upto 5 Sample |
120 |
3-D reconstruction software (Amira) |
Per Sample |
600 |
Heating Holder |
Per Sample |
600 |
Cooling Holder |
Per Sample |
740 |
Glow Discharge |
Per Sample |
500 |
TEM Grid Charges
TEM Grid Specifications |
Per Unit Grid Prices (Rs) |
FORMVAR/CARBON, 300 CU |
200.00 |
FORMVAR W/CARBON, 200M CU |
200.00 |
FORMVAR W/C CARBON, 200 CU |
200.00 |
CARBON TYPE B ON 200M CU |
200.00 |
CARBON SUBST B 300M CU |
200.00 |
ULTRATHIN CA/HOLEY C 300M AU |
500.00 |
PELCO GRIDS 200 CU |
50.00 |
PELCO GRIDS 300 MESH CU |
50.00 |
PELCO MICA DISC 10MM, V1 |
100.00 |
SCRF Charges
Name of Equipment |
IITK Users |
Users from any other Academics/ Govt institutions |
Any Other User |
Biosafety cabinet, CO2 incubator, centrifuge, optical microscope |
500 |
1500 |
5000 |
Refrigerated centrifuge + Nano drop |
400 |
1200 |
4000 |
PCR+ Gel electrophoresis with reagents+ Gel documentation system |
900 |
2700 |
9000 |
Nano drop / qPCR |
200/500 |
600/1500 |
1800/4500 |
Florescence Microscopy (1H/ 2H/ 3H slot) |
200/350/500 |
600/1050/1500 |
1800/3150/4500 |
Microbiology lab (Biosafety cabinet, CO2 incubator) |
700 |
2100 |
6300 |
Additional lab access fees Rs. 100 per day will also be charged.
Steps to Use these equipment’s:
- Advance booking is necessary.
- Contact SCRF staff to discuss rates and safety training.
- Payment mode- DD in favour of Registrar, IIT Kanpur
- Apply to AIC for electronic door access to the facility if required.
- SCRF grand package for 3 months is Rs. 12,000 for all the equipment’s except Fluorescence Microscopy.
- User should bring the required Chemicals/ Consumables/ Disposables as per project need.
Researchers can also engage SCRF staff to cell culture experiments on staff hourly service rate.
Users (other than IITK) are advised to contact to the concerned operator for the charges. Detials of operators are given below.
Note - GST Will be Charged Sepreately
Operators' Details
S. No. |
Facility |
Contact Email |
Contact No. |
1 |
Titan G2 60-300 KV TEM
FEI- Tecnai G2 12 Twin TEM 120 KV |
rajkp@iitk.ac.in |
0512-2596389/6393 |
2 |
Sample Preparation Tools, HRTEM |
jaiks@iitk.ac.in |
0512-2596384/6393 |
3 |
Reception |
- |
0512-2596380 |
