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Inter-University Centres
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National Facilities Activities of 6 Inter-University Centres, 17 Media Centres, 7 National Facilities Centres, Connectivity Programme, and the Electronic Media Courses in the Media Centres of Universities are coordinated by the Inter University Centre (IUC)/ Mass Communication (MC) Bureau of UGC. The IUCs established as per the provisions of Section 12 ccc of the UGC Act and also National facilities are as follows: |
| S. NO. | Inter-University Centres (IUC) | Objectives |
| 1 | Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi 110 067 | Accelerator Oriented Research |
| 2 | Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411 007 | State of the art instrumentation for research in astronomy. |
| 3 | Inter University Consortium for DAE Facilities, Indore 452 001. | Use of facilities of Department of Atomic Energy. |
| 4 | National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore 560 010 | To assess and accredit public and private institutions of higher learning. |
| 5 | Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), Ahmedabad 380 009. | Networking of libraries through Electronic Media and Networking of Universities through UGC INFONET. |
| 6 | Consortium for Educational Communication, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067. | To disseminate Country wide classroom programmes through television. Presently there are 10 Audio Visual Research Centres and 7 Educational Media Research Centres established in different Universities in different states. |
| S. NO. | Inter-University Centres (IUC) | Objectives |
| 1 | 1 Western Regional Instrumentation Centre, Mumbai | Design and Development of indigenous equipment and training of staff from universities and colleges in instrumentation. |
| 2 | Regional Instrumentation Centre, I.I.Sc., Bangalore | Design and development of indigenous equipment and training of staff in instrumentation. |
| 3 | Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Madras. | Research and dissemination of knowledge and organization of training programmes in crystal growth and related areas. |
| 4 | M.S.T. Radar Centre, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati. | Studies in Atmospheric Dynamics to enable teachers to use MST/Radar facility. |
| 5 | Centre for Science Education and Communication, New Delhi. | Popularization of Science. |
| 6 | Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. | To provide facilities for teachers from universities and colleges to work for short-terms upto one year as Associates of the Inter-university Centre and to provide them exposure to new ideas, methods and opportunities for interdisciplinary research. |