Physical Research Laboratory - PRL (Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India)

www.prl.res.in/

Founded in 1947 by Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai

Physical Research Laboratory is a national Indian center for research in space and allied sciences, supported mainly by Department of Space. This research laboratory currently has ongoing research programmes over astronomy and astrophysics, planetary atmosphere and aeronomy, earth sciences, solar system studies and theoretical physics.[1] It currently manages the Udaipur Solar Observatory and is located in Ahmedabad

PRL is located in the western part of Ahmedabad known as "Navrangpura".
Many other premier Academic Institutions such as Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA), Space Applications Centre (SAC), Sardar Patel Institute of Administration (SPIPA), Ahmedabad Textile Industrial Research Association (ATIRA) and Gujarat University are also located in this region.

PRL has several world-class Laboratory facilities. These include :

TIMS - Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer
Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometer
Rare Gas Massspectrometer
Radio Carbon Dating
Single grain laser stimulated luminescence system
Ion Microprobe
Submillimeter Astronomy
Space Photochemistry
Mobile Micropulse Lidar