Bureau of Indian Standards, the National Standards Body of India is a statutory body functioning under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India. It operates    various schemes like Product Certification (ISI mark), Management Systems Certification, Hall Marking of Gold and Silver Jewellery/Artefacts and Laboratory Services for the benefit of the industry and in turn aiming at consumer protection.

As a part of its Educational Outreach programme, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) signed an MoU with Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Chennai on 04th August 2023. In continuation of this MoU, Bureau of Indian Standards, Chennai Branch Office organized a day-long workshop at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Chennai Today, 28th September 2023 for the faculties of the college.

Through this MoU, BIS aims at expanding the folds of Standardization ecosystems to the academic institutions and its faculties through their participation in Standardization activity through Technical Committees of the Bureau at National & International level, by undertaking R&D Projects related to standardization and conformity assessment, by developing infrastructure support for R&D Projects of relevance to standardization at the institutions, by introducing topics on standardization in academic syllabus, by organizing training and short-term education programmes on Standardization, etc.

A team of BIS Officers Shri. A R Unnikrishnan, Scientist-F & Senior Director (Delhi), Smt. G Bhavani, Scientist-E/Director(Chennai), Shri. K Vijayaveeran, Scientist-E  & Director (Himachal Pradesh), Shri. Sudhanshu Rai, Scientist-D & Joint Director (Delhi), Ms. M Nagavarshini Scientist-B (Delhi),  Smt. Anurita Nidhi Hemron, Scientist-B(Chennai) have participated in the event and conducted the workshop.

The workshop include the aspects on Overview of BIS & Standardization ecosystem in the country; Formulating a standard with products from Civil, Electrical / Electronics, Mechanical, Metallurgy, Chemical / Food; Role of research projects in standards formulation; digital initiatives of BIS; Road map for the implementation of MoU etc., Dr K Annamalai, Dean, School of Mechanical Engineering and around 70 other professors and faculties across different disciplines of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Chennai attended the programme.

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