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Bureau of Indian Standards
CORE ACTIVITIES DIVISION COUNCILS
Standards Formulation
Conformity Assessment
Chemical
Civil Engineering
Hallmarking
Laboratory Services
Consumer Affairs and Standards Electrotechnical Electronics & IT
W Promotion
International Cooperation
Training Food & Agriculture Management
& Systems
STANDARDS FORMULATION
The new frontiers of technology like smart
Mechanical Medical Equipment
infrastructure, block-chain, cloud computing, bio- Engineering & Hospital
metrics, wearable electronic device, energy
management, smart transport management,
technical textiles etc found place in standard
formulation activities of BIS. The division councils
Planning Petroleum, Coal
have always been restructured from time to time to
& Related
cover dynamics of new emerging subjects and
technology.
• BIS identified 15 sectors important to Indian
industry and consumers. Products Production &
General Engineering
• Structure comprises of Division Councils (15),
Sectional Committees (343), Sub-Committees
(166) and Panels(576).
• More than 20,800 BIS Standards are in force as
Textile Transportation
Product Specifications, Method of Test, Codes Engineering
of Practices, Guidelines etc.,
• Encourages a culture of quality products and
services in line with national priorities through
mandatory or voluntary compliance.
Water Resources Service Sector
• Best International level practices followed in
standards development.
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