Instrumentation Section

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Overview
This section provides several support services to institute's R&D work. It operates the Central Materials Characterization Facility where measurements of thermal and physical properties of advanced glass and ceramic materials are regularly done using high temperature Glass viscometer, DTA, TGA, DSC, Dilatometer, Particle Size analyzer (Nano & Micro), GCMS, Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen analyzer, Mercury Prosimeter, Surface area analyzer etc. The characterization services are also provided to outside industries and institutes. The other services include pilot glass plant maintenance, management & operation of EPABX system, computerized attendance system, audio visual services and general instrument maintenance.



Areas of Activities

• Providing characterization facility for physical and thermal properties of glass, ceramic and allied materials and calibration of thermocouples to internal users of CG&CRI, academic institutions, industry and research organizations
• Maintenance of pilot glass melting plants
• Management & operation of infrastructural facilities

Sectional Facilities:

• Central Materials Characterization Facility (CMCF)

Group Photograph of Sectional Scientist and Staffs

Scientists:

• Ashim Kumar Chakraborty, Head, Instrumentation Sec
• Santanu Sen
• Mousumi Majumder

Technical / Support Staff

Name	Designation	Expertise
Shankar Biswas	Technical Officer Gr III (5)	Electrical Engineering
Asit. Kumar Maiti	Technical Officer Gr III (4)	Instrumentation, Audio & Visual system
Indranil Biswas	Technical Assitant Gr III(2)	Material Characterization, Computerized attendance system
Swati Samanta	Technical Assitant Gr III(2)	Material Characterization, EPABX
Asian Hemrom	Technical Assitant Gr III(1)	Material Characterization, Audio & Visual system
Moumita Kanu	Technical Assitant Gr III(1)	Material Characterization
Kamalesh Chatterjee	Technican Gr II(3)	EPABX
Dilip Kumar Paul	Technican Gr II(3)	Audio & Visual system
Goutam Ghosh	Technican Gr II(3)	Audio & Visual system
Piyali Kundu	Technican Gr II(1)	Material Characterization
Sambhu Charan Das	Technican Gr I(4)	Assistance to Instrumentation job