The lab is funded by the Central government's Department of Science and Technology under its Climate Change Programme.
Talking about the project, Milap Chandra Sharma, professorCentre for the Study of Regional Development(CSRD), School of Social Sciencesat JNU said, "This is the first laboratoryof its type under the Indian university system which would not only facilitate dating the sediments specific to landforms evolved under a specific climate phase, but also date any archaeological artefacts of burnt origin for historical reconstructions."