Zira (Punjab)

Established in 1984, the Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH) is one amongst the 38 national laboratories of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and is its youngest laboratory. Set-up to be a fore-runner in the area of Biotechnology, the Institute occupies an   area of about 47 acres, of which the labs cover  22 acres and the residential campus, 25 acres. The Institute has a built up area of about 3.60 lakh sq. ft., is spread over five main buildings, the main R&D block (~2.00 lakhs sq. ft.), Fermentation block (~0.50 lakhs sq.

Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute was established by Sri Ramachandra Educational and Health T rust in the year 1985 as a private non-profit self-financing institution dedicated to serve the society as a Centre of Excellence with emphasis on medical education, research and healthcare. In view of its academic excellence, the Government of India declared Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute as a Deemed University in September , 1994 under Section 3 of the University Grant s Commission Act, 1956.