The facility would serve as a "Singe-window service system" providing naotoxicological research based solutions to stakeholders encompassing government and academic labs and industries. The services to be soon provided by the facility include:

Quality control of nano-agri products (Nano-characterization and assessment of safety to human and environment)

Nanoproducts	Norms (National)	Norms (International)
Specifying nano objects	ISO/TS 12805:2011	-
Nanoparticle in powder form-Characteristics and measurement	ISO/TS 17200:2003	-
pH	-	NIST-NCL PCC-13
Electrolyte Conductivity	-	NIST-NCL PCC-12
Measurement of Particle size and shape distributions by  SEM	ISO/DIS 19749	NIST-NCL PCC-15
Measurement of Particle size and shape distributions by TEM	ISO 21363:2020	NIST-NCL PCC-7
Evaluation of mean size of nano-objects in liquid dispersions by static multiple light scattering (SMLS)	ISO/CD TS 21357	NIST-NCL PCC-1
Zeta potential	-	NIST-NCL PCC-2
Particle concentration and Size	-	NIST-NCL PCC-20
Qualtification of Surface coating on metallic nanoparticles using Thermo gravimetric analysis	-	NIST-NCL PCC-17

In vitro nano-safety assessments using mammalian cell lines and NCL/OECD guidelines

Cytotoxicity assays

• Neutral red uptake
• LDH release
• MTT
• Trypan Blue

(paralleled by cell morphology analyses by microscopy for cross checking)

Genotoxicity

• Comet assay
• DNA double-strands break assay

Ex vivo nanosafety assessment using human blood and the standard method from NIST-NCL method and ISO-10993-4 guideline

• Interference of nanoparticles with coagulation cascade and interaction with blood components.

In vivo nano-safety assessment using environmental species

• Bacteria (Agar well diffusion method ISO 20776-1:2006)
• C. elegans (Using GCeCP methods)
• Earthworm (OECD TG 222)
• fresh water and marine micro-algae (OECD TG 201)
• Daphnia (OECD TG 202)