Page 141 - BIS Ebook

Bureau of Indian Standards

LABORATORY ACTIVITIES

With increased certification activities it was felt to check the Office Laboratory (SROL), Chennai (1978);Northern
ISI marked products for their conformity to standards. Regional Office Laboratory (NROL), Mohali (1980); Patna
Hence testing the product at laboratory was of prime Branch Office Laboratory (PBOL), Patna (1980); Bengaluru
concern. The BIS lab was started in 1962 in basement Branch Office Laboratory (BNBOL), Bengaluru
of Manakalya. (1986); Guwahati Branch Office Laboratory (GBOL),
Guwahati (1987).
To cater to the growing testing needs of certification activity,
BIS had set up seven more laboratories all over India. Now A need was felt for a proper infra-structure for laboratory
BIS has Eigth laboratories in the country namely Central with facilities for testing in mechanical, chemical, electrical
Laboratory (CL), Shaibabad (1962); Western Regional Office and nondestructive tests. For this a piece of land was
Laboratory (WROL), Mumbai (1970); ); Eastern Regional acquired in Ghaziabad.
Office Laboratory (EROL), Kolkata (1974); Southern Regional

Shri C. Subramanium, Union Minister of Industrial Development & Science and
Technology and President of ISI, at the Foundation Laying Ceremony of ISI
Central Laboratory, Ghaziabad on 24 March 1973.

Today the Central Laboratory is having a sprawling building with all test facilities at Sahibabad

141