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AICTE IDEA Lab (R-Fab X Studio)

A programme by Rathinam Technical Campus (Rathinam Technical Campus)

The campus making space and its student workshops — 3D printing, laser cutting, CNC, electronics and fabrication, with round-the-clock access.

At a glance

Best forRathinam Technical Campus students who need to build, fabricate or prototype something.
StageIdea – Prototype
FormatIn person

About AICTE IDEA Lab (R-Fab X Studio)

R-Fab X Studio is the college's AICTE IDEA Lab and the place on this campus where a prototype gets physically built. It runs as a facility with short programmes attached rather than as an incubation track.

What you get

  • 3D printers in FDM and SLA, a CO2 laser engraver and CNC machines.
  • Electronics benches with oscilloscopes, power supplies and microcontrollers.
  • Welding and fabrication, vertical drilling and precision tools.
  • A design room, collaboration hubs and 24x7 lab access.
  • Mentorship from the lab's faculty team, drawn from electronics and mechanical engineering.

Who can apply

  • Students of the college. Every programme the lab has advertised is student-scoped, and it publishes no access route for anyone outside the campus.

What it runs: AICTE training, workshops, ideathons, hackathons, interdisciplinary projects and mentorship sessions, described as moving students from concept to market-ready products. Its focus areas are additive manufacturing, internet of things and smart systems, and entrepreneurship. The entrepreneurship focus area is named on the page but has no programme, eligibility or intake published behind it.

How to apply: Watch the lab's own page. Its programmes are announced there with their own registration link — SkillForge 2026, a six-day hands-on course in Fusion 360, 3D printing, laser cutting and engraving, IoT and Arduino, digital fabrication and prototype development, ran from 31 August to 5 September 2026 with no fee and a certificate of participation. For lab access, the lab names a chief mentor and a co-coordinator on the same page.

Where to apply

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