Central Workshop
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024
Tamil Nadu, India

The Central Workshop : Genesis and Brief History

The Central Workshop, a centralized instrumentation maintenance and fabrication laboratory established along with the Science Departments of the Autonomous Post-Graduate Centre of the University of Madras in 1978 with a grant of Rs.1.5 lakhs from the University Grants Commission with the following major sections;

1. Machine Shop Section

2. Glass Blowing Section

3. Drafting and Tracing section

The Workshop was housed at the Department of Physics of the Post Graduate Centre of the University of Madras. After the creation of the Bharathidasan University, it was moved to the Palkalaiperur campus on 11-12-1987.