The Technical Research Centre (TRC), funded by Department of Science & Technology and Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India at S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences has been launched in January 2016. The aim is to establish an innovation cum incubator centre within the S N Bose Centre that would build harnessable science and technology platforms by leveraging on its existing core strength in materials science and spectroscopic techniques. The primary focus will be on health care, environment, and material and alloy industry.