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TIME LINE

Major Milestones of ISI to BIS

1946 to 1950 1951 to 1955 1956 to 1960
• Establishment of The Indian • Formulation of IS 1 : 1951 National • Calcutta Branch Office (1956)
Standards Institution (1946-1947) Flag of India (Cotton Khadi) • 3rd Commonwealth Standards
• B e g i n n i n g o f s t a n d a r d s • ISI Certification Act (1952) Conference held at New Delhi (1957)
formulation activity by formation • Laying of foundation stone of • Madras Branch Office (1957)
of CDC (Chemical Division Manak Bhavan in 1954 • Adoption of metric system (1958)
Council) (1948) • 1st certification Licence (1955) • Dr. Lal C Verman as 1st recipient of
• Dr. Lal C Verman as Vice President • 1st branch office in Bombay (1955) “K.L Moudgill Award” (1958)
of ISO (1948) • ISI elected member of ISO • Formation of “ The Consumer
• Launch of ISI Bulletin (1949) Governing Council (1955) Association of India” (1960)
• Approval of Seal of ISI (1949) • IEC 25th group meeting held in New
Delhi (1960)

1961 to 1965 1966 to 1970 1971 to 1975

• Setting of “Standards Exposition • Inauguration of Manakalaya (1966) • Ahmadabad Branch Office (1971-72)
Hall” in Manak Bhavan (1961) • Dr. Verman awarded “Padma Shri” • Celebrating “25 Years of ISI” (1972)
• Kanpur Branch Office (1961) (1967) • Declaration of 1972 as “India Standards
• Setting up of ISI laboratory in • Hyderabad Branch Office (1967-68) Year” by Govt of India
Manak Bhavan (1962) • 1st International Training • Launching “Buyer’s Guide” (1972-73)
• Training course on company Programme on Standardization and • Foundation stone for ISI Lab laid at
standardization (1962) Quality Assurance (SQA) (1968) Ghaziabad (1973)
• Acquisition of land for • National Building Code (NBC) • Patna Branch Office (1973-74)
Manakalaya (1962) formulated (1970) • ISI conversion slide in SI Units (1974-75)
• “Sixth Triennial General Assembly • Bangalore Branch Office (1969-70) • Setting up of Lab ERO (Kolkata) (1974)
of ISO” held at New Delhi (1964) • Celebration of 1st “World • Chandigarh Branch Office (1975)
• Sir Jehangir J. Ghandy, the 1st Standards Day” on 14th October
Indian as President of ISO 1970 as per ISO resolution
(1965-67) • Setting up of Lab at WRO (Mumbai)
(1970)

1976 to 1980 1981 to 1985 1986 to 1990

• Bhubaneshwar Branch • Land acquired for Jaipur Branch Office • ISI to BIS – Establishment of Bureau
Office (1976-77) • Inauguration of Lab at Bombay of Indian Standards through
• Trivandrum Branch • DG ISI as Chairman of the ISO Standing Bureau of Indian Standards Act,
Office (1976-77) Committee for Development (DEVCO) 1986
• Bhopal Branch Office • Setting up of a IPSS (Interplant Standardization • Guwahati Branch Office and Lab
(1978-79) in Steel Industry) Secretariat in ISI (1982) (1986-87)
• Jaipur Branch Office • Election of Shri D.C Kothari, Vice President ISI as • Lab at Gandhi Nagar Gujarat.
(1978-79) President ISO from 1983-85 • New offices at Ghaziabad,
• Setting up of Lab at SRO • ISI designated by GOI as Central Enquiry Point Faridabad, Coimbatore & Vadodara
(Chennai) (1978) on Technical Barriers to Trade (GATT-TBT) • Construction of Auditorium at BIS
• Setting up of Lab at (1983-84) Head Quarters (1990)
NRO (Mohali) (1980) • BIS Lab recognition scheme (1985) • Lucknow Branch Office (1989-90)

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