Sophisticated Instrumentation Center (SIC) – A National Facility was established in September 2011 to expedite the research program at IIT Indore. It is now a national facility providing services such as data recording facilities and expertise in different state-of-the-art instruments, to academia and industries from all parts of the country and some international centers. Furthermore, with limited research facilities available in central India, it is already catering to the need of many educational institutes and industries in and around central India and lightning the lamp of curiosity towards the scientific world among the local school/college students with visits and training.