History

The Electron Microscope Laboratory was established in the year 1971 in the Department of Anatomy of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Recognizing the contribution of the laboratory and the need for the ultrastructural investigations, the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India established a Regional Electron Microscope Facility in 1983 at AIIMS, New Delhi under its RSIC/SIF program. This Center is presently known as the Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF) AIIMS, New Delhi, under the SAIF Program of DST.

Former In charge of the Facility:-

1.    Prof. T. C. Anand Kumar
2.    Prof. A. K. Susheela
3.    Prof. Shashi Wadhwa
4.    Prof. Taposh Kumar Das