Western Regional Instrumentation Centre (WRIC), Mumbai is an autonomous institute established in 1977 and funded on 100% basis by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India, New Delhi in association with University of Mumbai as a part of its comprehensive programme of establishing University Science Instrumentation Centres (USICs) all over the country. Since 1981, WRIC has been functioning as a Registered Society with a Governing Council of which the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mumbai is the ex-officio chairperson. At present, WRIC is the only Regional Instrumentation Centre in India and which has now been recognized as a National Facility Centre for Instrumentation by UGC. |