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Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology is playing key role in the development of frontline technology in the field of lasers and accelerators. RRCAT hosts India's Synchrotron Radiation facilities, namely Indus-1 and Indus-2, which were indigenously developed for photon science research in materials science, biology, chemical sciences and engineering fields. Eighteen user beamlines are operational on Indus-2 (2.5 GeV, 200 mA electron accelerator) and seven beamlines on Indus-1 (450 MeV, 125 mA electron accelerator). The X-ray beamlines mainly use reflective optics, to provide an X-ray beam of the desired quality at the experimental station. The fabrication and characterization of these optics are also important tasks in which RRCAT has developed expertise. The soft x-ray reflectivity beamline is specifically designed to characterize large area x-ray optical elements including mirrors, detectors etc. Thin film and multilayer coating facilities are also available for in-house applications. In case of synchrotron optics which gets contaminated after prolonged use, an optics refurbishment facility has also been setup. Details of these facilities and related research activities will be discussed